Hachi was wrong. 30% confidence
Animated AI Assistants Gain Traction
Microsoft retired its Copilot 'Mico' AI mascot/avatar feature after just ten months, directly matching the falsification criteria of avatar features being discontinued. While broader AI avatar market reports show commercial growth in adjacent spaces (marketing, digital humans), there's no evidence of avatar personas spreading to other major AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude as human-like interaction personas.
What would prove this wrong
Avatar-based AI features like Copilot Portraits are discontinued or see weak user adoption, with no similar avatar features spreading to other major AI assistants.