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From the start, Alice is the viewer’s avatar, at once a skilled security operative and someone with no memory of their past.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Singer and businesswoman Dolly Parton, who died earlier this week, had a slew of projects in the pipeline including a biopic, documentary, avatar show, museum, travel stop for truckers, coffee brand and dog treats.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Members pay for rewards—such as a deal on a new outfit for a golfing avatar, or a cowboy hat for PGATour—and in turn, the executives commit to paying for renewable energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

And he used a cartoon avatar known as Bitmoji on Snapchat to conceal his age and present himself as a “a young, innocuous, and friendly looking boy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

To break my paralysis, I reminded myself that the person operating the avatar in front of me might not be a woman at all.

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

But I think the whole industry is also asking for trouble with grown-ups, who are also seeing a lot of damage to themselves, by replacing real relationships with chatbot avatars.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The startup allows users to interact with AI-powered chatbot avatars ranging from real people like Elon Musk to anime characters and a generic therapist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In the extraordinary abstraction that follows, Thatcher finds her ideal role as one of NWR’s stilted avatars, gussied up in couture and spouting riddles.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

The phenomenon of artificial intelligence boyfriends and girlfriends is growing worldwide, along with the prevalence of human-like avatars that sell products or stand in for loved ones who have died.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

They were pitiless, powerful avatars from another world.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover