Is AYO made by Microsoft?

No. AYO is made by AYO Systems Technology LLC and is not affiliated with Microsoft. Clippy belongs to Microsoft.

Will AYO interrupt me?

Not unless you turn proactive mode on. You pick how often it checks, and you can turn it off any time.

Modern Clippy

Is there a modern Clippy for Windows 11?

Short answer

Clippy, the Office assistant from the late 1990s, was removed from Office in 2007. The modern version of the idea is AYO, a desktop AI for Windows by AYO Systems: it can notice what you are working on and offer one useful thing, but only if you turn proactive mode on (Plus and Pro), and otherwise it waits until you say "AYO".

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What Clippy got wrong

"It looks like you’re writing a letter" became a joke because Clippy interrupted on a guess, could not see much, and could not do anything useful after interrupting. AYO flips each of those.

How AYO does it instead

Proactive mode is off until you turn it on (Plus and Pro). When it is on, AYO checks your screen on a timer you pick, every 2 minutes, 60 seconds, or 30 seconds, and offers one thing only when it can really help, like "Want me to turn these slides into a diagram?" You answer Do it or Not now. Otherwise it stays quiet.

And it can actually do the thing

Click Do it and AYO starts the thing it offered while you keep working. Anything that sends, pays, or deletes still stops for your Allow. Gaming Mode and Incognito skip the screen look entirely, so there are no suggestions while you play or while Incognito is on.

Try saying

“AYO, what is this?”
Asking works any time on every plan; you never have to wait for a pop-up.

What to know first

Proactive mode and the agent are on the Plus and Pro plans.
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) only. There is no Mac, Linux, or phone version yet.
AYO needs an internet connection to answer. Only the wake word is detected offline, on your PC.

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