Colossyan Report Reveals AI Avatars Revolutionizing Work, Education and Everyday Life

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New York, NY - May 22, 2025 - Ninety-one percent of U.S. workers believe artificial intelligence (AI) avatars can enhance productivity and efficiency at work and 88% see the potential for AI avatars to create more knowledgeable workers by providing instant access to information. This is according to the Colossyan State of AI Avatars Report, which explores the impact and future potential of AI avatars in work and life.

American workers are overwhelmed with administrative, redundant tasks, limiting their potential and productivity. On average, U.S. workers spend 791 hours annually - equivalent to 99 workdays - on administrative tasks. These include managing emails (208 hours), data entry (175 hours), document preparation (167 hours), meeting preparation (124 hours) and schedule management (117 hours). In fact, three-fourths of workers (76%) believe that using AI avatars for tasks like writing emails and managing schedules would enhance their performance. If given the opportunity, workers would use AI avatars to create customizable Excel spreadsheets (84%) or PowerPoint presentations (81%), summarize meetings (80%), produce learning and training videos for customers/employees (78%) and reply to emails that do not require human attention (62%).

AI avatars will also play an increasing role in workplace learning as employees have shown a strong interest in participating more actively in training sessions led by AI avatars. Currently, only 19% of companies utilize this technology for internal communications or training; however, if personalized AI avatars were used for workplace learning or training sessions, employees would be likely to:

• Ask more questions to explore how the AI avatar responds (77%)
• Encourage colleagues to participate in these innovative trainings (70%)
• Attend additional sessions due to the personalized nature of the content (64%)
• Feel more comfortable giving feedback or input during sessions (57%)
• Pay closer attention and retain information better during these trainings (54%)

Furthermore, a significant 89% of U.S. workers anticipate that AI-generated videos and avatars will play a key role in future workplace communication and business interactions. Workers believe businesses could benefit from using AI avatars to announce new product features or business updates (85%), report business performance to the public (65%), provide crisis updates or negative news to the public (50%), attend work meetings on behalf of employees (39%) – and even deliver sensitive news, such as layoffs or office closures (35%) and address legal or governmental issues affecting the business (28%).

The report also uncovered there’s a growing acceptance and enthusiasm for AI avatars across all facets of life, including:

Education and Learning:

• A significant 63% of Americans desire personalized learning experiences guided by AI avatars.
• Nearly half (47%) would prefer an AI avatar as an academic tutor over a human counterpart.

Retail and Customer Support:

• Over half (53%) of consumers are eager to interact with AI avatars for online shopping assistance, including product recommendations.
• A notable 61% favor engaging with avatar customer service agents for real-time support.
• One-third (31%) express a preference for an AI fashion stylist instead of a human stylist.

Workplace Integration:

• Almost half (45%) wish to collaborate with AI avatars in remote meetings.
• Two out of five employees (37%) would choose an avatar as a career coach or workplace mentor over human advisors.

Health and Wellness:

• More than one-third (35%) want to use avatars for scheduling healthcare appointments and managing administrative tasks.
• Over half would opt for an AI avatar fitness trainer (54%) or health/wellness coach (51%).

Personal Relationships and Finance:

• Nearly one-fifth (16%) are open to dating an AI avatar in virtual settings, with 23% of Gen Zers sharing this sentiment.
• Additionally, 16% prefer guidance from an AI avatar relationship coach over that from humans.
• Two-fifths (40%) express interest in choosing an AI avatar financial advisor rather than relying on traditional human advisors.

As AI avatars increasingly become a part of work and life, there must be an emphasis on safe and secure development. Approximately 25% of Americans report that either they or someone they know has had their likeness used in an AI-generated image or video. Ten percent admit to having created a deepfake involving a public figure or politician; this percentage increases to 18% for Gen Zers, while half of all Americans (50%) have encountered videos they initially believed were real but later discovered were fake; a statistic that climbs to 61% for Gen Zers.

AI avatars continue to exponentially grow in use, discover how Colossyan is democratizing knowledge by making AI avatar development accessible and affordable for everyone here. To get all the data from the Colossyan State of AI Avatars Report, please click here.

About Colossyan 

‍Colossyan is the leading AI video platform that helps teams create engaging and interactive content from text. By automating the video production process with AI avatars, text-to-speech voiceovers, and automatic translations, Colossyan allows teams to create high-quality videos at a fraction of the cost and time required of traditional video creation. Nearly 1 million videos have been created using Colossyan, and the platform is used by industry leaders across the globe, including Novartis, Paramount, Continental, and more.