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Humanity vs. Clippy: Lessons from Microsoft's Failed Virtual Assistant

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Clippy shimmered back into view last month, a forgotten ghost from the 1990s. As one of Microsoft's earliest virtual assistants — and one of its most spectacular failures — the animated talking paperclip lives on in the memories of Twitter users (especially Microsoft employees).

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