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04-07-2017, 01:41 AM
Facebook just reinvented Clippy
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Remember Clippy? Microsoft's ill-fated early attempt at a digital assistant?*
Facebook sure does. And, if the recently launched M Suggestions is any indication, the coders at the social media giant look back on the panic-inducing (http://mashable.com/2016/06/13/clippy-microsoft-linkedin/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) anthropomorphized paperclip (http://mashable.com/2015/06/25/clippy-male-design/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) with a bizarre degree of fondness.*
Just what is M, you ask?
SEE ALSO: Facebook's new emoji are finally available to everyone (http://mashable.com/2017/02/23/facebook-new-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"M is your helpful assistant in Messenger, powered by artificial intelligence," reads an April 6 Facebook press release (https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/04/m-**w-offers-suggestions-to-make-your-messenger-experience-more-useful-seamless-and-delightful/). "M offers suggestions by popping into an open conversation to suggest relevant content and capabilities to enrich the way people communicate and get things done." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/facebook-messenger-ai-m-clippy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Remember Clippy? Microsoft's ill-fated early attempt at a digital assistant?*
Facebook sure does. And, if the recently launched M Suggestions is any indication, the coders at the social media giant look back on the panic-inducing (http://mashable.com/2016/06/13/clippy-microsoft-linkedin/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) anthropomorphized paperclip (http://mashable.com/2015/06/25/clippy-male-design/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) with a bizarre degree of fondness.*
Just what is M, you ask?
SEE ALSO: Facebook's new emoji are finally available to everyone (http://mashable.com/2017/02/23/facebook-new-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"M is your helpful assistant in Messenger, powered by artificial intelligence," reads an April 6 Facebook press release (https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/04/m-**w-offers-suggestions-to-make-your-messenger-experience-more-useful-seamless-and-delightful/). "M offers suggestions by popping into an open conversation to suggest relevant content and capabilities to enrich the way people communicate and get things done." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/facebook-messenger-ai-m-clippy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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