It had a wide selection of characters to choose from, with the most well-known being a paperclip called Clippit[1][2] (commonly referred to by the public as Clippy). The Office Assistant and …

Aug 20, 2025 · Clippy (given name: Clippit) was designed by illustrator Kevan Atteberry, who contributed more than 15 of about 250 potential characters for the new Office Assistants.

Oct 24, 2025 · Today, as part of a massive Copilot Fall Release, Redmond is bringing Clippy back – at least as an avatar for its new AI helper named “Mico”. Mico (short for Microsoft) is …

Clippy lets you run a variety of large language models (LLMs) locally on your computer while sticking with a user interface of the 1990s. It's a love letter and homage to the late, great …

Aug 11, 2025 · People across social media are banding together against what they believe are unethical practices by some of the biggest tech companies today, and they're doing it by …

May 26, 2025 · Clippy—officially named Clippit—was Microsoft's built-in digital assistant that terrorized office workers in the late '90s and early 2000s. He showed up in Word and Excel, …

May 7, 2025 · Many of the most popular publicly-available LLMs will function with Clippy, with one-click installation supported for the newest from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Qwen. …

Sep 7, 2025 · Clippy is Microsoft's animated, talking paperclip avatar (officially named Clippit) that was introduced in Microsoft Office 95, designed to assist users with various tasks.

Clippy evolved from “Clippit,” an energetic paper clip that injected itself into tasks in an attempt to ease the experience for users, and in 1997, the renamed character released with the 1996 …

Oct 5, 2025 · Remember Clippy, a paperclip with floating eyes that served as Microsoft Office’s virtual assistant in the late ’90s and early 2000s? One of its most famous lines – which would …