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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’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 ...

Microsoft’s (MSFT) AI-powered Copilot is getting a major update that the company says makes it feel more personal, and that includes giving it a name and face. Mico, short for Microsoft Copilot, is ...

Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might just have been ahead of its time. Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character ...

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 ...