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

微软类似 Clippy 的 Mico 形象不再担任 Copilot 的“门面”

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot’s voice mode. In a support 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.

当您使用微软 Copilot 聊天机器人的语音模式时，那个富有表情的黄色小圆球 Mico 将不再出现。据 GeekWire 此前报道，微软在一份支持页面中表示，公司计划将 Mico 转移到其 Learn Live 平台，在那里，这个虚拟形象将有“更多可以互动的对象”。

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 于去年 10 月在 Copilot 的语音模式中推出，微软 AI 首席执行官 Mustafa Suleyman 当时称，该形象旨在为聊天机器人赋予一种“身份”。这个小圆球能够实时对用户的言语做出反应，并配有相应的面部表情和动画。

Mico joins the long list of virtual helpers that Microsoft has retired over the years, like Clippy, Cortana, and Rover. “Mico helped us learn about warmth, expressiveness, and how people want to talk with AI,” Microsoft’s support page says. “Those learnings are shaping Copilot going forward.” Microsoft is removing Mico from Copilot “in waves.”

Mico 加入了微软多年来退役的虚拟助手长名单，其中包括 Clippy、Cortana 和 Rover。微软的支持页面写道：“Mico 帮助我们了解了温暖感、表现力以及人们希望如何与人工智能交流。这些经验正在塑造 Copilot 的未来。”微软目前正“分批次”从 Copilot 中移除 Mico。

The change is part of Microsoft’s plans to merge its Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. It also comes just months after an AI reshuffling that put Jacob Andreou in charge of Copilot, while Suleyman turned his attention to developing new AI models.

这一变动是微软合并 Copilot 和 Microsoft 365 Copilot 应用计划的一部分。此外，就在几个月前，微软进行了人工智能部门的人事调整，由 Jacob Andreou 接管 Copilot，而 Suleyman 则将精力转向开发新的人工智能模型。