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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.

If you were around for the release of Office 97, you'll know the overly-helpful Clippy Office Assistant. For newcomers to Office Suite, he was actually quite useful, showing you the ropes of the new ...

Microsoft is censoring the word "Microslop" on its official Copilot Discord server and reportedly even banning users for ...

If you’re old enough to remember when 8MB thumb drives hit the scene, you’ll probably remember Clippy, Microsoft’s digital writing assistant. Clippy lived in the bottom corner of Microsoft Office from ...

(NEXSTAR) – A tiny anthropomorphized paperclip is making a comeback as people revive Clippy’s memory in protest. Remember Clippy, a paperclip with floating eyes that served as Microsoft Office’s ...

Unfortunately, Microsoft ignored the women’s feedback and pushed forward with the leering Office assistant. History has proven, that the females in the focus group were right in their assessment of ...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is one of the companies that's been at the forefront of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution in the tech industry. It has invested billions into ChatGPT-maker OpenAI ...

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 ...