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 spark across the world.

The polished brunette AI creation with a girl-next-door feel had been soft launched to little fanfare over the summer and had a low key presence on social networks until then.

Speaking at the intimate, industry-focused event at the Dolder Grand Hotel, Van der Velden took to the stage to give a presentation on her decade-old AI production studio Particle6 as well as its new Xicoia offshoot, before revealing in a panel conversation that she was in talks with

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