{"id":191863,"date":"2026-03-01T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/who-is-tilly-norwood-backlash-to-the-ai-generated-actor-explained\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T14:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:15:11","slug":"who-is-tilly-norwood-backlash-to-the-ai-generated-actor-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/who-is-tilly-norwood-backlash-to-the-ai-generated-actor-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Tilly Norwood? Backlash to the AI-Generated Actor, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/tilly-norwood-backlash-ai-generated-173952626.html\">Who Is Tilly Norwood? Backlash to the AI-Generated Actor, Explained<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/tilly-norwood-backlash-ai-generated-173952626.html\">https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/tilly-norwood-backlash-ai-generated-173952626.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-01 13:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aol.com\">www.aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated actress, was introduced by Eline Van der Velden at a tech event on September 27.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple talent agents are reportedly interested in representing Norwood.<\/li>\n<li>The creation of Tilly Norwood has caused significant backlash from actors, directors, and industry professionals who view AI actors as a threat to human artistry and job security.<\/li>\n<li>Notable figures such as Emily Blunt and Luca Guadagnino have expressed concern over the implications of AI actors on the industry.<\/li>\n<li>The SAG-AFTRA union publicly stated its opposition to the use of synthetic characters, emphasizing creativity should remain human-centered.<\/li>\n<li>Van der Velden defended Tilly Norwood, portraying her as a creative tool and not a replacement for human actors. She compared AI&#8217;s role to other forms like animation or CGI that have expanded storytelling without diminishing live acting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Is Tilly Norwood? Backlash to the AI-Generated Actor, Explained https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/tilly-norwood-backlash-ai-generated-173952626.html Publish Date: 2026-03-01 13:22:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/mUZOZAX5gO2MVEaaODFnwQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03MzA-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_the_today_show_594\/c19c40a074fdbbeaa7849bb5d2fa406e","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191865,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191863\/revisions\/191865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}