Microsoft's paperclip mascot has quietly slipped back into the spotlight — not as a full return to duty, but as a wink and a nod tucked inside the company’s latest Copilot update: a playful Easter egg that briefly transforms the new AI avatar Mico into the nostalgia‑soaked paperclip many of us...
Microsoft’s Copilot has been given a face — a playful, non‑photoreal avatar named Mico — and with it a broader strategy to make AI feel more social, collaborative, and useful on the PC and mobile devices; the move intentionally leans on nostalgia for Clippy while trying to avoid the design...