Revealed at CES 2025, though actually they have been in production for over a year now. Many games will be incorporating Nvidia Ace, AI controlled Co-op followers to play alongside you. Unlike the usual NPC follower with fixed combat prompts and voice overs, you get one that reacts and plays based on how you interact with them.
The survey that is allegedly going around, what if it isn’t about future playable classes, but about possible classes that an Ace Follower would be? I think it would make sense for them not to be the same class as players to give them more uniqueness, but in the realm of something recognizable in the game. A player class Bard is dumb to me in WoW, but a AI Follower Bard supporting you sounds more likely.