Remember Clippy? It was the animated paperclip that "helpfully" assisted Microsoft Office users if they were typing up a Word document, making a PowerPoint, or working on an Excel Spreadsheet.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It looks like you’ve clicked on an article about 'Clippy.' Would you like to know more?" For a generation of Microsoft Office ...

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 ...

Clippy, Microsoft’s infamous paperclip assistant, just resurfaced in the most unexpected way: a hidden Office 97 Easter egg that went unnoticed for decades. The discovery proves that even back in the ...

As an elder millennial, I remember Clippy well. I don't remember Microsoft Office's animated paperclip fondly, but I'll never forget him. The rarely helpful assistant would pop up to make suggestions ...

Microsoft has been testing the rollout of its Copilot AI technology to Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions. (Microsoft Image) In late October, Microsoft announced that it was starting to ...

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 ...

This week, Microsoft confirmed it's planning to invest billions in OpenAI, the company behind the viral new chatbot tool ChatGPT. The prospect of Microsoft, maker of software that people mostly hate, ...

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