{"id":100642,"date":"2025-10-24T03:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/100642\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T03:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:31:10","slug":"microsoft-launches-mico-an-official-clippy-successor-in-its-copilot-ai-fall-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/100642\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Launches Mico, an Official Clippy Successor, in Its Copilot AI Fall Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft unveiled its Copilot Fall Release\u00a0on Thursday<\/a>, introducing a range of new features, along with a new face for the AI chatbot<\/a>: Mico (Microsoft Copilot). Despite the buzz of the new “Human-Centered AI” pitch Microsoft is going for, all eyes are on what looks to be the first official Clippy successor<\/a> — built for the AI-centric world we live in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"AI <\/a> CNET<\/p>\n

It’s hard not to admit that Microsoft nailed it on the cute factor with Mico, but those who don’t want to see the character don’t have to — it’s completely optional to use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET<\/a> as a preferred Google source.<\/p>\n

Mico brings a face to Copilot<\/a>\u00a0and was designed to be expressive, customizable and warm. This approach is intended to make voice conversations feel more natural — like you’re actually talking to something instead of a disembodied voice. It will respond in ways beyond just a voice reply, such as changing colors and animation.<\/p>\n

Here’s Mico doing appendage-less cartwheels and changing colors for 40 seconds:<\/p>\n

Another touch point Microsoft brought up was “real talk,” which will challenge assumptions “with care” and adapt to your vibe. This is apparently to help conversations spark growth and connection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you needed any more indication that Micro is the new Clippy, AI and Tech site, Testing Catalog (via Windows Central<\/a>) spotted an Easter egg on the mobile app: If you tap on Mico enough, it will eventually turn into Clippy temporarily<\/a>. My attempts to have Mico turn into Clippy failed, though it did turn silver as a direct response to my request for it to “turn into Clippy.”<\/p>\n

You can watch the full announcement from Microsoft below, with Mico’s appearance taking center stage at the 42-minute\u00a0mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft unveiled its Copilot Fall Release\u00a0on Thursday, introducing a range of new features, along with a new face…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-100642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}