Microsoft will stop using the yellow animated character Mico, who resembles a big eye-pin, in Copilot voice mode Microsoft recently confirmed that it will stop using the yellow animated character named Mico in its Copilot voice mode, less than a year after its launch

Microsoft will stop using the yellow animated character Mico, who resembles a big eye catcher, in Copilot voice mode Microsoft recently confirmed that it will stop using the yellow animated character named Mico in its Copilot voice mode, less than a year after its launch. This immersive assistant, which was once compared to a "Clippy" by the media, is about to gradually fade out of the public's daily AI interaction. According to Microsoft in a support page, Mico has not been completely erased, but will be moved to a platform called Learn Live. Officials say this move is to allow the avatar to have "more interactive objects." Looking back at Mico's short history, it first made its official debut in Copilot's voice mode last October. At that time, Microsoft Artificial Intelligence CEO Mustafa Suleiman had high hopes for it and personally promoted it as an important way to give chatbots "personality" and "identity". As a yellow bubble that can respond in real time, Mico is equipped with rich facial expressions and vivid animation effects, aiming to bring users a more realistic and intimate voice interaction experience. Now, Mico has finally joined the ranks of the many virtual assistants that Microsoft has retired over the years, joining the ranks of its predecessors such as Clippy, Cortana, and Rover, which were once household names. Microsoft said that the company will gradually remove Mico from Copilot in a "batched" manner. At the same time, Microsoft also affirmed Mico's contribution, pointing out that in the past few months, Mico has helped the R&D team gain a lot of valuable experience, especially in understanding the warmth and expressiveness of AI and how people want to communicate with artificial intelligence. These valuable cognitive achievements will continue to shape and influence the future development direction of Copilot. iframe (www.youtube.com) This adjustment to Mico is not an isolated incident, but part of Microsoft's broader strategic layout. Currently, Microsoft is planning to fully integrate Copilot with the Microsoft 365 Copilot application. In addition, just a few months ago, Microsoft had just undergone a major restructuring of its artificial intelligence business. In this personnel change, Jacob Andreou was appointed to fully take over Copilot's business operations, while Mustafa Suleiman, who had previously promoted Mico's role, completely shifted his focus to developing new artificial intelligence models. via cnBeta.COM - Chinese industry information station (author: source: cnBeta.COM)