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AI ‘Actress’ Tilly Norwood Suddenly Starts Speaking Cantonese During Bizarre Interview

Tilly Norwood abruptly switched languages after a question about her AI co-stars. 

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If a real-life, flesh-and-blood Hollywood actress suddenly started speaking an entirely different language mid-sentence during a TV interview, the tabloids and the wider internet would have a field day. They’d rip her to shreds, call her crazy, and say she’s lost her mind. But if that actress is an AI, why, that’s just par for the course!

Of course, AI “actress” Tilly Norwood would (and did) seemingly short-circuit and start speaking Cantonese in the middle of an interview with both Piers Morgan and real-life flesh-and-blood Scottish stage actor Tom Conti.

The surreal moment happened on Piers Morgan Uncensored. For those unaware, Norwood is a generative AI “actress” created by a London-based company called Particle6. Norwood, an entirely fictional actress, has been making the promotional rounds to promote........

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