Kim F. “Ultimately, some (but not all) people who give unsolicited advice do so because they want to help and do not know how,” shares Dawn Buse, PhD, clinical professor of neurology at Albert ...

Some users said on social media that Copilot pop-ups reminded them of Clippy, Microsoft’s widely derided Office helper from the late 1990s, that would frequently offer unsolicited help.

“I’d be careful of anybody that would call you unsolicited or seems over eager to help you. They are the ones you should watch out for,” Seelhammer emphasized. She says scammers frequently ...