Microsoft’s latest Copilot update leans into personality: an animated, non‑human avatar called Mico that aims to make voice interactions feel warmer and more conversational — and yes, it includes a playful nod to Clippy if you tap it enough. Microsoft unveiled Mico as the visual face of the...
Microsoft has introduced Mico, an animated, blob‑shaped avatar for Copilot’s voice mode that Microsoft positions as the AI “companion” to make conversations feel more natural, expressive, and emotionally attuned.
Overview
Mico — a name derived from Microsoft Copilot — is an optional, animated...
Microsoft’s latest Copilot rollout gives the assistant a literal face — Mico, a small, animated, non‑human avatar that appears in voice interactions — and the move crystallizes a strategic shift: Copilot is being recast from a faceless query box into a persistent, multimodal companion that...
Microsoft has given Copilot a visible face — and hidden a paperclip inside it — as part of a broad Fall Release that turns the assistant from a text‑only helper into a voice‑first, personality‑driven companion across Windows, Edge and Microsoft’s consumer services.
Background
Microsoft’s...
Microsoft’s latest Copilot Fall Release pushes the company’s assistant from “useful search widget” toward a persistent, social, and opinionated companion — complete with an optional animated face called Mico, a selectable Real Talk personality that will push back when appropriate, group chats...
Anthropic has rolled out an optional Memory capability for Claude that is now available to Team and Enterprise plan customers, enabling the assistant to retain and recall project- and work-related context across sessions while giving admins and users controls to view, edit, and disable what the...
Ralph Lauren has put a chatbot in the business of taste: Ask Ralph, an in‑app stylist built with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI, is now rolling out to U.S. app users and promising shoppable, head‑to‑toe looks that translate decades of archive imagery into instant styling advice. The launch is a clear...
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