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 ...

"It looks like you’ve clicked on an article about 'Clippy.' Would you like to know more?" For a generation of Microsoft Office users, "Clippy’s" cheerful, if occasionally intrusive, pop-ups were an ...

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.

(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 ...

Clippy’s hidden cameo in Office 97 has finally been uncovered, reigniting nostalgia for Microsoft’s most infamous assistant.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might just ...

NORTH ADAMS — AI is a powerful technology that is transforming our world, and if that sounds good to you, just remember that peeing in a bowl of cornflakes also transforms it. Which is not to diminish ...

Think that Microsoft Office’s Clippy was a joke? Microsoft didn’t–Google Patents holds proof of the serious effort that the company poured into ever-unpopular animated “helpers” like Clippy, Microsoft ...