Due to rose-tinted retro spectacles, people may have forgotten their frustrations with Clippy.

AI always reminds me of Clippy, the infamous talking paperclip added to Microsoft Office in the '90s. This little guy frustrated users, was based on a faulty understanding of how people want to use ...

If you were around for the release of Office 97, you'll know the overly-helpful Clippy Office Assistant. For newcomers to Office Suite, he was actually quite useful, showing you the ropes of the new ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Microsoft has a new Clippy, and it’s an AI friend called Mico. At the company’s Copilot fall release press event on Thursday, the company introduced a range of new features and updates for its AI ...