We may earn a commission from links on this page. Microsoft Word's loathsome Clippy, the Crazy Crab of application mascots, is making a comeback. Yes, really. Killed off in 2007, Microsoft is now ...

Clippy’s back, y’all — and more powerful than ever. The former Microsoft Office mascot — technically named Clippit, though pretty much everyone calls him Clippy — has had a rough go of it. First ...

When Microsoft debuted its AI-powered Bing Chat, the obvious point of comparison was Clippy, the virtual assistant users loved and/or loathed in Microsoft Office 97. Now Clippy is back, in a new, ...

Twenty years after being unceremoniously dumped from Microsoft Office, Clippy is ready to make a triumphant return. As part of a broader update to 1,800 emoji, the one-time assistant will replace the ...

When I first encountered AI, it wasn’t anything like the sophisticated tools we have today. In the 1990s, my introduction came in the form of a helpful, but mostly frustrating, digital paperclip.

Microsoft wants to teach people how to better utilize Office, so it’s created a tutorial videogame starring everybody’s favorite anthropomorphic paperclip. For all its usefulness and power, Microsoft ...

Do you remember Clippy? Before Cortana, Alexa, and Siri existed, the anthropomorphic paperclip-shaped assistant dominated the screens of computers everywhere in the 1990s to help Microsoft Office 2001 ...

In 1997, Microsoft added a new feature to their revamped version of the Microsoft Office suite — the Office Assistant. This little cartoon character would hang out at the bottom of the window and ...

Clippy was a virtual assistant that helped kids and beginners navigate Office apps effectively, though some found it patronizing. Clippy acted as an early AI-style assistant, paving the way for future ...

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 ...

Clippy has become an unlikely protest symbol against Big Tech. The trend started when YouTuber Louis Rossmann posted a video earlier this month titled “Change your profile picture to clippy. I’m ...

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