{
  "id": 813885,
  "title": "Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/microsofts-clippy-like-mico-character-is-no-longer-the-face-of-copilot",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-13T21:42:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/979871/microsoft-copilot-mico-retired"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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. Mico launched in Copilot's voice mode last […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}