As you might be able to tell from the image above, Tilly Norwood is not a real person. "Tilly Norwood" is the nickname given to a photorealistic animated character conceived by the computerized image generation studio Xicoia. Xicoia, overseen by the small AI company Particle6, was founded specifically to generate videos of artificial "stars" and "actors," aiming to supplant live-action performers and invent a new generation of movie stars from scratch. Xicoia was announced in late September 2025, at the Zurich Film Festival, by Particle6's CEO Eline Van der Velden. The idea is that Xicoia will be able to generate "actors" who can automatically provide "performances" for movies, voices for podcasts, content for YouTube, and provide their virtual bodies for video games.

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