"It looks like you’ve clicked on an article about 'Clippy.' Would you like to know more?" For a generation of Microsoft Office users, "Clippy’s" cheerful, if occasionally intrusive, pop-ups were an ...

Kevan Atteberry, the man behind Microsoft Word's virtual assistant, had no idea how big Clippy would be today, especially after the growing disdain for the anthropomorphic paperclip throughout the ...

Microsoft just announced Mico, a new expressive avatar interface for Copilot that will appear when you talk to it. It can emote, change shape, and float around the Copilot interface while you chat, ...

Clippy’s back, y’all — and more powerful than ever. The former Microsoft Office mascot — technically named Clippit, though pretty much everyone calls him Clippy — has had a rough go of it. First ...

Clippy was Microsoft's first personal assistant, launched with Windows 97. While Clippy never got the love of users back then, it has become a fan favourite in recent years. Now, as Microsoft ...

In 1997, Microsoft added a new feature to their revamped version of the Microsoft Office suite — the Office Assistant. This little cartoon character would hang out at the bottom of the window and ...

Microsoft's Clippy has been resurrected for a cameo appearance in the company's latest Copilot update, which broadly aims to make its AI assistant more friendly, warm, and human-centered in its ...

A new app on the Microsoft Store brings the power of ChatGPT to Clippy. Clippy by FireCube uses OpenAI to empower a Clippy assistant that sits on your desktop. Just like Clippy of old, it can help ...

Clippy, Microsoft’s unwanted, unloved Office assistant, once listed as one of Time’s 50 Worst Inventions, is experiencing a renaissance. You remember Clippy. He was the animated paper clip who would ...

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The creator of Microsoft's divisive assistant "Clippy" said he was "so embarrassed" by it. Kevan Atteberry told Great Big Story he would keep Clippy off his design portfolio. He told the YouTube ...

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