Microsoft hopes Mico succeeds where Clippy failed as tech companies warily imbue AI with personality
Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been…
Microsoft’s Mico is a ‘Clippy’ for the AI era
Microsoft has a new Clippy, and it’s an AI friend called Mico. At the company’s Copilot fall release…
28-Year-Old Falls in Love With Grok’s AI Companion
If Martin Escobar’s AI girlfriend could have children, he said he would never date another human again. At…
Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down
Dot, an AI companion app that aimed to be a friend and confidante, is shutting down, the company…
AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025
Demand for AI “companion” applications outside of bigger names, like ChatGPT and Grok, is growing. Of the 337…