内容来源：https://www.theverge.com/tech/979871/microsoft-copilot-mico-retired

内容总结：

微软近期宣布，其人工智能助手Copilot的语音模式将不再使用卡通形象Mico，这一改变意味着该角色将从Copilot中移除。微软在支持页面中透露，Mico将转至Learn Live平台，以应对更多互动需求。这一形象于去年十月随Copilot语音模式上线，由微软AI首席执行官穆斯塔法·苏莱曼推出，旨在为机器人赋予“身份认同”，其实时面部表情和动画反应曾为用户带来新颖体验。Mico的退出延续了微软淘汰虚拟助手的传统，此前已有Clippy、Cortana和Rover等先例。微软表示，Mico帮助团队学习了如何让AI更具亲和力和表现力，这些经验将指导Copilot的未来发展。目前，微软正分阶段移除Mico，此举与Copilot和Microsoft 365 Copilot应用的整合计划同步推进，同时也是公司AI团队调整后的新方向，由雅各布·安德鲁接任Copilot负责人，苏莱曼则转向新AI模型的研发。

中文翻译：

微软Copilot将不再在其语音模式中展示那个富有情感的黄色小精灵Mico。在一份支持页面中，微软表示将把Mico迁移到其Learn Live平台上，在那里这个虚拟形象将有“更多可以回应的内容”，据GeekWire早前报道。

微软那个酷似Clippy的Mico角色不再是Copilot的门面形象

Mico在Copilot语音模式中推出还不到一年。

Mico去年十月在Copilot语音模式中上线，微软AI首席执行官穆斯塔法·苏莱曼曾将这一虚拟形象定位为赋予聊天机器人“身份感”的方式。这个小精灵会实时对你所说的话做出反应，配以面部表情和动画效果。

Mico加入了微软多年来退役的一长串虚拟助手名单，如Clippy、Cortana和Rover。“Mico帮助我们了解了温暖感、表现力，以及人们希望如何与AI对话，”微软的支持页面写道。“这些经验正在塑造Copilot的未来发展。”微软将“分阶段”从Copilot中移除Mico。

这一变动是微软合并其Copilot和Microsoft 365 Copilot应用计划的一部分。同时，此举也发生在一次AI人事调整几个月之后，那次调整让雅各布·安德烈欧接掌Copilot业务，而苏莱曼则将重心转向开发新的AI模型。

英文来源：

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.
Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Mico launched in Copilot’s voice mode less than a year ago.
Mico launched in Copilot’s voice mode less than a year ago.
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 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.”
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.