Microsoft hopes Mico succeeds where Clippy failed as tech companies warily imbue AI with personality

Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Mico (pronounced MEE’koh) on Thursday, a blob-shaped cartoon face that will embody the software giant’s Copilot virtual assistant ...

Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy

Mico is all part of a goal to give Copilot an identity, as Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman alluded to earlier this year.