Microsoft is currently testing a new AI assistant for Copilot called Mico.

Named after both Microsoft and Copilot, Mico is an amorphous blob that responds to your inquiries while changing shape and colour accordingly. The company says this is all intended to create a virtual companion that feels “expressive, customizable, and warm.”

Right away, such a helper naturally brings to mind Clippy, Microsoft’s old Office Assistant. To that point, Jacob Andreou, Microsoft’s corporate VP of product and growth of AI, joked to The Verge that Clippy walked so Mico could run.” Some who are testing Mico have also discovered you can briefly turn it into Clippy with repeated clicks . (Of course, Clippy felt much more innocuous since he didn’t come during a period in which Microsoft is cannibalizing many

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