It had a wide selection of characters to choose from, with the most well-known being a paperclip called Clippit[1][2] (commonly referred to by the public as Clippy). The Office Assistant and particularly …

Aug 20, 2025 · Clippy (given name: Clippit) was designed by illustrator Kevan Atteberry, who contributed more than 15 of about 250 potential characters for the new Office Assistants.

May 7, 2025 · Many of the most popular publicly-available LLMs will function with Clippy, with one-click installation supported for the newest from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Qwen. Clippy’s original art...

Aug 11, 2025 · People across social media are banding together against what they believe are unethical practices by some of the biggest tech companies today, and they're doing it by changing their profile …

Dec 9, 2024 · Clippy was a virtual assistant that helped kids and beginners navigate Office apps effectively, though some found it patronizing. Clippy acted as an early AI-style assistant, paving the …

Sep 7, 2025 · Clippy is Microsoft's animated, talking paperclip avatar (officially named Clippit) that was introduced in Microsoft Office 95, designed to assist users with various tasks.

On April 11, 2001, Microsoft officially retired Clippy, the well meaning but annoying Office Assistant. From Office XP on, it was disabled.

Aug 19, 2025 · Clippy has become an unlikely protest symbol against Big Tech. The trend started when YouTuber Louis Rossmann posted a video earlier this month titled “Change your profile picture to …

Aug 15, 2025 · Clippy is a discontinued Microsoft Office Assistant featuring an animated paper clip with eyes. A viral trend is seeing netizens change their profile picture to Clippy, the former paper clip …

Clippy lets you run a variety of large language models (LLMs) locally on your computer while sticking with a user interface of the 1990s. It's a love letter and homage to the late, great Clippy - and the …