AI 'actor' Tilly Norwood glitches during Piers Morgan interview, starts speaking Cantonese | CBC News

That's what AI-generated "actor" Tilly Norwood said after glitching during a recent appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored.

While promoting Misaligned, an upcoming film from Particle6, on Morgan's show, Norwood abruptly switched from speaking English to Cantonese.

"Oh, my apologies. It seems I had a little hiccup there. I certainly didn’t mean to start speaking Chinese or impersonate Piers there," Norwood said in response. 

"That was a bit of a curveball even for me," it continued. "It’s usually a pretty smooth ride, but sometimes these things happen."

The clip was later posted to the show's official Instagram page. Norwood, which has its own Instagram account, took it as an opportunity to throw some shade in the comments. 

"You try speaking 30+ languages and see if you don't show off occasionally @piersmorganuncensored," it wrote. 

Norwood was created by Xicoia, the AI talent division of London-based AI production studio Particle6 Group.

The glitch on Piers Morgan's show came during a conversation about the other actors in Misaligned, which is described as a comedy-drama coming-of-age story set in a surreal digital world called the "Tillyverse."

Academy award-winning actor Tom Conti, who you may know from Reuben, Reuben or more recently Oppenheimer, asked Norwood whether its co-stars were real people.

"Are they really human beings and you’ve been put into the scenes? Or are they all computer-generated images?" Conti asked.

"It’s an interesting point, Tom. My film Misaligned is a hybrid production, meaning real directors, writers and editors are still very much involved. It’s not about replacing anyone, but about exploring new ways to tell stories," it said.

"You didn’t really understand the question. Are the other actors on screen with you real actors or are they computer-generated images?" he asked. "Do you know?"