The creator of Microsoft's divisive assistant "Clippy" said he was "so embarrassed" by it. Kevan Atteberry told Great Big Story he would keep Clippy off his design portfolio. The man behind Microsoft's notorious "Clippy" assistant said he used to be "so embarrassed" by his creation that he'd leave it out of his design portfolio. Atteberry's design came out on top, much to the annoyance of some Microsoft staffers, he told Great Big Story. Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft's former chief experience officer, told Insider in 2016 she decided to kill Clippy because it could only offer scripted responses.

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Persons: Clippy, Kevan Atteberry, Atteberry, Julie Larson Organizations: YouTube, Microsoft, Big Locations: Stanford