Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University’s Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, with Erica, his latest humanoid robot. Photograph: Justin McCurry for the Guardian Although the day when every household has its own robot is some way off, the Japanese are demonstrating

The artificially intelligent actress named Erica will star in a film titled, “b.” Four production companies announced earlier this week that they were teaming up to create a movie in which an artificial intelligence woman named Erica will star as

Bondit Capital Media is introducing the world to the first A.I. actress, Erica, who will star in the upcoming sci-fi movie b. An artificially intelligent robot is about to star in an upcoming sci-fi movie. An A.I. actress named Erica

Erica is 23. She has a beautiful, neutral face and speaks with a synthesised voice. She has a degree of autonomy – but can’t move her hands yet. Hiroshi Ishiguro is her ‘father’ and the bad boy of Japanese robotics.

As the industry grapples with how to reopen for production safely, one movie is proceeding with a lead actress who is immune to COVID-19 — because she’s a robot named Erica. As the industry grapples with how to reopen for

Erica the robot will play an artificial intelligence on the run in a movie called b More human than human? Erica the robot is seen here in a makeup test shot for the movie b. Photo by Elizabeth Sadegh /

A recent news story shaking up Hollywood involves the reported casting of a robot to be the star of a $70 million budgeted science fiction movie. You might be puzzled as to why any undue notice would come from opting

“In other methods of acting, actors involve their own life experiences in the role, but Erica has no life experiences,” one of the movie’s writers explained This soon-to-be movie star may not have a pulse, but she’s ready for her

She can’t get sick or be late to the set, and her hair and makeup needs are minimal: Her name is Erica, and Hollywood is hoping that a sophisticated robot can be its next big star. The synthetic actor has