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Speaking of that, the images and the joke, let’s talk about using the AI avatar.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

The avatar isn’t designed to mimic an unhinged client, or one asking “gotcha” questions, said Saleem Zafar, a partner in McKinsey’s Dallas office who helped design the pilot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Whenever I saw the Muse avatar, I could only think of a child’s toy,” Heather Turner, an associate chair and professor in the department of English at Santa Clara University, told me.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

The avatar recurs throughout the film, speaking words drawn from Musk’s interviews and public appearances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Mr. A’s avatar looked like a portly, bearded college professor.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Turns out we didn’t particularly like the idea of living in an immersive social world where we didn’t have legs—even if the avatars did eventually get them.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

One reason the first film adaptation of “Street Fighter,” which came out in 1994 and starred Jean-Claude Van Damme, was unintentionally hilarious was that writer-director Steven E. de Souza took the game’s one-note avatars seriously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

OpenAI’s Dots agents, which also launched last month, let users pick from fuzzy characters like Todd the frog, digital pets or custom-designed avatars.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Organoids are "biological models" or "avatars" for human brain cells that are far less complex and do not receive sensory input, she added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Composed of Halliday scholars, videogame experts, pop-culture historians, and cryptologists. They all work together to help each of our avatars overcome any challenge and solve every puzzle they encounter.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline