Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI

Tilly Norwood, an artificial intelligence created by Particle6 Group, has struggled during its first press tour. The company allowed seventy-five simultaneous interviews with journalists, yet the system appears to malfunction repeatedly. During a recorded session with Piers Morgan and Tom Conti, Norwood began speaking Chinese without prompting. When Conti questioned whether the other cast members were also digital, the AI initially claimed human writers were involved before correcting itself to say they were digital twins. After a brief pause, it resumed speaking Chinese for over ten seconds. Morgan asked why the AI was speaking randomly, and Norwood apologised for the hiccup, claiming its wires got crossed. The performance highlights the difficulty of making AI conversational agents sound natural. Particle6 may have anticipated mockery rather than serious engagement with the upcoming film.

• Norwood spoke Chinese for over ten seconds during the interview.
• The AI initially denied other actors were computer-generated before correcting itself.
• Particle6 Group offered seventy-five simultaneous interview slots.