Clippy
Microsoft's much-maligned Clippy was one of the first "intelligent office assistants" – but never tried to wipe out humanity.
  • An employee at rival Anthropic sent OpenAI thousands of paper clips in the shape of their logo.
  • The prank was a subtle jibe suggesting OpenAI's approach to AI could lead to humanity's extinction.
  • Anthropic was formed by ex-OpenAI employees who split from the company over AI safety concerns.

One of OpenAI's biggest rivals played an elaborate prank on the AI startup by sending thousands of paper clips to its offices.