Microsoft parachutes an AI little helper into its apps, writes mcleodd.
Jokes have been doing the rounds on social media suggesting Microsoft’s announcement last Thursday that it is integrating artificial intelligence into its ubiquitous productivity apps — Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams and Outlook — means the return of “Clippy”, the Office Assistant.
Readers of a certain age — your correspondent among them — will remember Clippy, the animated paper clip that popped up in Office at the most annoying moments, interrupting work and driving the world’s cubicle dwellers round the bend...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.
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