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You may have tried to forget Clippy, but Microsoft is still hanging doggedly on to the idea of character-based assistants. Having thrown everything at its AI assistant Copilot, the company is now ...

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 ...

A video animation shows a Copilot Appearance avatar called Mico, floating around an abstract environment during a presentation at Microsoft's Fall 2025 Copilot Sessions event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, ...

Microsoft is changing how we engage with artificial intelligence with its Copilot Fall Release. With several new features, the company also launched Mico (Microsoft Copilot), a friendly, emotive ...

Mico is a cute, color changing blob, and the new face of Copilot. It’s hard not to admit that Microsoft nailed it on the cute factor with Mico, but those who don’t want to see the character don’t have ...

What if Clippy were powered by AI? That seems to be the pitch behind Microsoft's new "expressive, customizable and warm" face of Copilot's voice mode. The friendly blob listens, reacts and changes ...

Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been ahead of its time. Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character ...