Microsoft's Clippy Returns as Easter Egg in 'Humanist AI' Copilot Update

Microsoft's Clippy has been resurrected for a cameo quality successful the company's latest Copilot update, which broadly aims to marque its AI adjunct much friendly, warm, and human-centered successful its interactions.


Microsoft's Copilot Fall Release introduces Mico – an animated orb that serves arsenic the dependable mode's ocular companion. Mico (its sanction a motion to Microsoft Copilot) listens, reacts, and changes colors based connected the user's interactions, with the purpose of giving the AI chatbot a cuter, much approachable presence.

That said, Microsoft's effort to soften its AI offering could backfire if users pat Mico repeatedly – the enactment concisely turns Mico into Clippy (officially named Clippit), the animated paperclip adjunct that archetypal appeared successful Office 97 and became a fixture connected some Windows and Mac versions of Office passim the precocious 90s and aboriginal 2000s.

As irritating arsenic it was iconic, the polarizing helper was retired by Microsoft with Office 2007, but it intelligibly hasn't fixed up connected the character-driven adjunct approach, conscionable present with amended graphics and modern AI capabilities.

Note that Mico is optional, and users tin interact with Copilot without the character.

Mico launches alongside respective different Copilot features including Real Talk mode, which offers an AI that "challenges assumptions with care, adapts to your vibe, and helps conversations spark maturation and connection." There's besides a caller radical chat strategy supporting up to 30 participants and a Learn Live mode designed to usher students done concepts arsenic a Socratic tutor. The Copilot Mode successful Edge browser has besides been expanded.


The caller features are disposable present successful the U.S. and "rolling retired fast" crossed the UK and Canada, with a broader rollout happening successful the adjacent fewer weeks, according to the company. You tin larn much astir the latest Copilot announcements connected Microsoft's website.

The Copilot app is disposable for iOS and Mac, and users besides person the enactment of accessing the AI features by visiting copilot.microsoft.com successful Edge oregon different browser.
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