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The Top 10 AI Stories Of 2025: Tilly Norwood, Sora’s Big Salvo, Union Angst & More
Before CES kicks off another year of innovation next week, there’s still time to take stock of 2025, which can objectively be called the Year of AI.
The technology spurred billions in corporate spending, pushed the stock market to record levels and prompted rampant speculation about a bubble…
Tilly Norwood Creator Eline Van Der Velden Talks Backlash, Reveals Another 40 AI Actors Are In The Pipeline & Explains Why They Will Never Replace Real Actors
EXCLUSIVE: When actress and technologist Eline Van der Velden sat down for a Deadline-moderated panel at the Zurich Summit in September, she never could have anticipated the intense global reaction that Tilly Norwood, the first AI-created actress from her fledgling AI talent studio Xicoia, would…
SAG-AFTRA Responds To AI Actress Tilly Norwood Furor: “Creativity Is & Should Remain Human-Centered”
Hollywood's powerful actors union SAG-AFTRA has responded to controversial news, which Deadline broke over the weekend, that talent agents are looking to sign AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood for representation.
"SAG-AFTRA believes creativity is, and should remain, human-centered. The union is…
Creator Of Controversial AI Actress Tilly Norwood Puts Out Statement Following Backlash: “She Is Not A Replacement For A Human Being”
The creator of AI actress Tilly Norwood has put out a statement following a fierce backlash in response to news over the weekend that talent agents were looking to sign the AI-generated character.
Tilly Norwood is the creation of actress, comedian and technologist Eline Van der Velden, CEO of…
Melissa Barrera, Lukas Gage & More React To AI Actress Tilly Norwood As Some Suggest Agency Boycott: “Read The Room”
As AI talent studio Xicoia unveils its first digitally generated “actor” Tilly Norwood to Hollywood, the avatar’s real-life peers have some opinions.
Following Deadline’s report that several talent agencies are interested in signing Norwood, Melissa Barrera, Kiersey Clemons and more actors have…
Talent Agents Circle AI Actress Tilly Norwood As Studios Quietly Embrace AI Technology – Zurich Summit
Actor, comedian technologist Eline Van der Velden has revealed that her recently launched AI talent studio Xicoia is in talks with a number of talent agents interested in signing its first creation, AI actress Tilly Norwood.
Van der Velden talked about the development on a panel at the Zurich…
Eline Van Der Velden, Founder Of AI Indie Particle6, Launches AI Talent Studio Xicoia For “Hyperreal Digital Stars”
EXCLUSIVE: As AI continues to infiltrate the entertainment industry, Particle6 founder and CEO Eline Van Der Velden is taking it one step further with the launch of Xicoia, an AI talent studio designed to create, manage and monetize a new generation of hyperreal digital stars.
The new company…
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