Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

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Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob Mico when you use the chatbot’s voice mode. In asupport page, Microsoft says it’s going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have “more to react to,” as reported earlier by GeekWire.

Mico launched in Copilot’s voice mode last October, with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman pitching the avatar as a way to give the chatbot an “identity.” The blob would react to what you say in real-time, complete with facial expressions and animations.

Mico joins the long listof virtual helpers that Microsoft has retired over the years, like Clippy, Cortana, and Rover. “Mico helped us learn about warmth, expressiveness, and how...

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