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 particularly …

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 Clippy - and the …

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 the new face of …

The default assistant Clippy has been heavily mocked in popular culture, being parodied, appearing in memes, and even being made fun of by Microsoft themselves from 2001 onwards.

Clippy! This is a test desktop companion, i'll probably create other companions for desktop based off this :D Created using the pet demo: https://github.com/ASecondGuy/DesktopPet Used clippy spritesheet: …

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 changing their profile …

Oct 29, 2025 · The problem wasn't Clippy; it was the underpowered computers trying to run him, combined with just enough smarts to get him in trouble without having options for more advanced users.

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. Clippy’s original art...

May 8, 2025 · Clippy, the iconic animated assistant from Microsoft Office, is back—this time as a local AI-powered tool. While once dismissed as annoying and outdated, Clippy is now enjoying a second …