The study shows that humans prefer anthropomorphic AI agents but there is a gender bias.

University of Limerick research shows that 189 knowledge workers trusted anthropomorphic AI agents more in a virtual office experiment, but female virtual colleagues received significantly lower 'salaries' than male colleagues. Among the three virtual colleagues (text window, robot, anthropomorphic image Johanna/Johan), the anthropomorphic image received the highest rating, but there was no significant difference in trust between Johanna and Johan.