Actress Ashly Burch has spoken out on the leaked AI Aloy footage which made the rounds earlier this week.
Actress Ashly Burch has responded to the leaked AI Aloy footage, which made the rounds earlier this week.
The footage in question showed a Sony employee engaging with an on-screen AI version of the Horizon lead. The employee asked the AI Aloy a number of questions, such as “how are you”, to which the character replied she was ok, but “dealing with a sore throat”, before she shared some Horizon lore.
Now, Burch – who along with starring as Horizon’s Aloy has featured in a series such as Life is Strange, Borderlands and The Last of Us – has shared her thoughts on the leaked footage.
“I saw the tech demo earlier this week”, Burch said in a video shared on her social channels, adding Horizon developer Guerrilla had been in contact with her to say the “demo didn’t reflect anything that was actively in development”.
Meanwhile, Sony “didn’t use any of [Burch’s] performance” for the demo. “So none of my facial or voice data”, Aloy’s actress said. “Guerrilla owns Aloy as a character.”
But still, “I feel worried”, Burch continued. “Not worried about Guerrilla specifically, or Horizon, or my performance, or my career specifically, even.
