MCLEOD COMPUTING
DUNCAN MCLEOD: An heir to annoying Clippy
Microsoft parachutes an AI little helper into its apps
23 March 2023 - 05:00
Jokes have been doing the rounds on social media suggesting Microsoft’s announcement last Thursday that it is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its ubiquitous productivity apps — Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams and Outlook — means the return of “Clippy”, the Office Assistant.
Readers of a certain age — your correspondent among them — will remember Clippy, the animated paper clip that popped up in Office at the most annoying moments, interrupting work and driving the world’s cubicle dwellers round the bend...
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