Now, Microsoft is testing another virtual assistant. While it's not quite Clippy 2.0, the new Copilot Appearance experiment ...

Microsoft's new Copilot Appearance feature gives the AI assistant a visual, expressive character that aims to feel more like ...

"Clippy was quite the icon, and combining his quirky charm with modern AI capabilities could be an interesting twist. Maybe there'll be a way to blend the best of both worlds," Copilot responded.

Other Office customers agreed and wondered if Clippy was related to another, much-reviled Microsoft helper. "These guys seem to be a legacy from Microsoft Bob. When they were introduced I thought ...

Clippy, you see, had been toiling away in Redmond for the past four years, first debuting in Office 97. Clippy's rise to productivity-suite stardom was sudden.

As for Clippy, it was released in 1996 for Microsoft Office 97 and made Bob look like Einstein. Clippy was an animated paperclip that sprang into obnoxious life when you wanted to do something ...

In 2001, Clippy was replaced by other assistant tools, according to Verge. The character made a brief comeback in 2019 as part of a Microsoft Teams sticker pack, before abruptly disappearing again.

Clippy made a brief appearance with the publication of a Clippy sticker pack for Microsoft Teams. Teams users could import the stickers and use them to add pictures of a talking paperclip to their ...

"The Clippy of today would have a PhD in learning," says Larson-Green. That doesn't necessarily mean that a reborn Clippy, or his spiritual successor, Cortana, will suddenly barge into your ...

Microsoft has sneaked Clippy, one of its most beloved and hated characters, into the latest version of its mobile software. Recently, the Redmond, Wash., tech company unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 ...

And even I have to admit that plucky little Clippy in the scenes above and below is winsomely appealing. Thanks to Bruce Williams, a Microsoft veteran of the Clippy wars, for the tip.

A very angry looking Clippy rampages through a ruined city in the background. When the game ends, the player is rescued by helicopter so they can nuke the apocalyptic scene (and Clippy) out of ...