Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy by Tom Warren

“You can see it, it reacts as you speak to it, and if you talk about something sad you’ll see its facial expressions react almost immediately,” explains Andreou. “All the technology fades into the background, and you just start talking to this cute orb and build this connection with it.”

I still don’t know how I feel about ChatGPT having a character. But clearly they’re going through with it.

Copilot is getting more personality with a ‘real talk’ mode and group chats by Tom Warren

Copilot Groups is designed for groups of friends, classmates, and even teammates to use Copilot in a single session. Microsoft is targeting this at people who need to make a plan or solve problems together, and the company is supporting up to 32 people in Copilot Groups, in an effort to make AI more social.

Not out for the enterprise yet. WhatsApp also added AI to group chats, which sounds like a different product.