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Microsoft has updated its AI assistant, Copilot, with a new personality and appearance, naming it Mico, which evokes memories of the classic Clippy, aiming to create a more personalized and conversational user experience.
Microsoft has revived Clippy as an avatar named Mico in its latest Copilot update, featuring new capabilities like shared conversations, improved memory, app connectors, health-related assistance, and more human-like interactions, with plans for broader rollout.
Microsoft has created custom Crocs inspired by Windows XP, featuring icons like Clippy and the Bliss wallpaper, to celebrate its 50th anniversary. These shoes are not for sale but are available through an Instagram competition, continuing Microsoft's quirky fashion ventures.
The article humorously reviews a bizarre and poorly functioning 'peeing' robot attack dog from Temu, highlighting its odd design, chaotic controls, loud sounds, and unexpected behaviors, making it more strange and amusing than practical.
A third-party developer has released a free preview version of Clippy, the infamous Office Assistant, for Windows 10 and 11 users. The app allows users to access OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, providing generative AI answers to questions. While the app is currently dependent on purchasing an OpenAI key, the developer plans to release a version that does not require it. The open-source app is also set to include more Office Assistant characters, including the notorious Bob. Microsoft has no plans to reintroduce Clippy as an official option for Bing Chat or Copilot.
A new third-party app called Clippy by FireCube, available on the Microsoft Store, brings the power of OpenAI's ChatGPT to the classic Clippy assistant on Windows 11. With complex AI capabilities, Clippy can now answer questions, assist with creative writing, coding, and more. Users need to generate a personal OpenAI API key to use the app, and Microsoft is also developing its own Windows OS assistant called Windows Copilot, powered by Bing Chat and ChatGPT.
Google is introducing AI-infused tools called Duet AI for Google Workspace, which includes features such as generating a draft job description in Docs, building a schedule for a dog walking business in Sheets, and generating images to illustrate a presentation in Slides. The new feature, Sidekick, is designed to understand what you're working on, pull together details from across Google's different apps, and present you with clear information to use as notes or even incorporate directly into your work. The feature looks like a modern twist on Clippy, Microsoft's old assistant that would spring into action at the mere hint of activity in a Word document to ask if you wanted help with tasks like writing a letter.