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Three trends that are driving the chatbot revolution

Posted in Software on 14th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Three intersecting trends help us understand why the the chatter around chatbots is everywhere.

The Rise of the Chat Bots

Posted in Software on 12th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Chatbots communicate with people in natural language. They are becoming popular and the companies that develop the software behind them are attracting serious venture capital.

In Contrast to Tay, Microsoft's Chinese Chatbot, Xiaolce, Is Actually Pleasant

Posted in Online on 28th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Trolls turned Tay into a monster in less than a day, but China's Xiaolce is a therapeutic A.I.

Microsoft shuts Twitter AI bot after it learns racism from Twitter users

Posted in Software on 25th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Microsoft launched an AI on Twitter for a playful chat with people, only to silence it within 24 hours as users started sharing racist and offensive comments with the bot.

Google's neural network wants to compose email responses for you

Posted in Software on 4th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

The system will use a deep neural network to analyze incoming emails for what information is required to form an appropriate response, and to propose likely replies.