With this version, Clippy is a way to get answers from ... It was also the logo for Microsoft's software that was supposed to offer a version of Windows with a "friendlier" UI.

In case you missed it, likely by being born too late, "Clippy" was arguably Microsoft's first virtual assistant. In operation from Microsoft Office 97 to Office 2007, Clippy popped up in Microsoft ...

Introduced as a digital assistant, Clippy’s wide-eyed enthusiasm and prompts marked Microsoft’s first attempt to humanize software guidance. As artificial intelligence (AI) has matured ...

Microsoft 365 Copilot is the Clippy we always wanted back when we were typing away on Word, but digital assistants were too primitive and underdeveloped. It’s been over 25 years since Clippy ...

PC hardware is nice, but it’s not much use without innovative software. I’ve been reviewing software for PCMag since 2008, and I still get a kick out of seeing what's new in video and photo ...

An interesting addition is the new Clippy emoji in place of the paper clip, which the firm was teasing on its social media platforms yesterday. There are examples of a bunch of other designs that ...