Are Google's AI Tools Just Embracing the Dream of Clippy?

Microsoft's virtual assistant Clippy "isn't making a comeback," write the Verge, "but its spirit — now animated by AI — lives on..."The words "it looks like you're writing a letter, would you like some help with that?" didn't appear at any point during Google's recent demo of its AI office suite tools. But as I watched Aparna Pappu, Google's Workspace leader, outline the feature onstage at I/O, I was reminded of a certain animated paperclip that another tech giant once hoped would he