If talking with humans on Twitter or other social networks is boring, now you can entertain yourself with bot chat. Microsoft revealed Tuesday an artificial intelligence chatbot named Tay, who will strike conversations with users on several social networks, including Twitter and Kik. Described as "A.I. fam from the internet that's got zero chill," Tay is aimed at Web users in the U.S. between the ages of 18 and 24, according to a website detailing the project. The bot was developed by Microsoft's Technology and Research and Bing teams. "Tay is designed to engage and entertain people where they connect with each other online through casual and playful conversation," reads an excerpt from the website.

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Billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen has announced a 100 million commitment over 10 years to fund scientific endeavors at the "frontiers of bioscience" that he describes as having major implications for humankind. An initial set of grants, announced Wednesday, will go to Stanford and Tufts universities for the creation of new research centers and to individual scientists with unconventional approaches to projects in tissue regeneration, antibiotic resistance, gene editing and the development of brain circuitry. Allen said his commitment grew out of a realization that the biological sciences are at a critical point in history, with technology now able to take the field in a more quantitative direction than ever before. New tools can manipulate DNA, next-generation microscopes measure and create images of the tiniest parts of living systems, and super-powerful computers are able to make sense of massive amounts of data. "What I believe is that this is potentially a game-changer for our understanding of complex biological systems," Allen said.

If you were in charge of Google's robotics division and you had all those robotics companies at your disposal, what would you do? What kinds of robots would you build and for what markets? Many declined to comment, citing ties to Alphabet. Others said they didn't have a good answer (as one Japanese robotics executive put it, "I know exactly what I want to do with my robot business. Sorry, but I have no idea about Google.")

Thanks to its investments in artificial intelligence and machine learning research, Microsoft seems to be in a good place to get ahead in the next chapter of computing. The 1000 engineers in the Microsoft Research division have already been experimenting with Xiaolce, a conversational bot for the Chinese market that is able to exchange views on any topic, showing how powerful deep learning AI can be. But Microsoft's Technology and Research and Bing teams are currently testing Tay.ai, a new chat bot designed to engage and entertain people through casual and playful conversation. Tay is targeted at 18 to 24 year olds in the U.S, which are "the dominant users of mobile social chat services in the US" according to the About page. "Tay has been built by mining relevant public data and by using AI and editorial developed by a staff including improvisational comedians. Public data that's been anonymized is Tay's primary data source. That data has been modeled, cleaned and filtered by the team developing Tay."

But users won't be speaking to a person, they'll be talking to "Tay," Microsoft's new bot that's powered by artificial intelligence. The easiest way to converse with Tay is on Twitter. All users have to do is tweet at it as if it were a real person and it'll tweet back in a kind of internet patois that doesn't sound like it's coming from a computer. Tay is also chatting on apps like Snapchat, Kik, and Groupme. Tay speaks like a teen because that's how Microsoft's research division built it. According to Microsoft, Tay is "targeted at 18 to 24 year olds in the US." "Tay is an artificial intelligence chat bot designed to engage and entertain through casual and playful conversation," Microsoft explains.

Attention all 18- to 24-year-olds in the U.S.: Tay is online now, and she wants to chat with you. That, at least, is according to a new Web page for the artificially intelligent bot, which was created by Microsoft to learn more about how people converse. The bot is now on hand to chat with you on Twitter as well as Kik and GroupMe; it's also on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. The more you chat with it, the smarter it gets, Microsoft says, leading to a personalized experience. If you share information with Tay, the bot will track your nickname, gender, favorite food, ZIP code and relationship status. It may also use that data to search on your behalf or to create a simple profile for you.

The easiest way to converse with Tay is on Twitter. All users have to do is tweet at it as if it were a real person and it'll tweet back in a kind of internet patois that doesn't sound like it's coming from a computer. Tay is also chatting on apps like Snapchat, Kik, and Groupme. Tay speaks like a teen because that's how Microsoft's research division built it. According to Microsoft, Tay is "targeted at 18 to 24 year olds in the US." "Tay is an artificial intelligence chat bot designed to engage and entertain through casual and playful conversation," Microsoft explains. Tay's Twitter profile, likely written by a human, describes it as "the official account of Tay, Microsoft's A.I. fam from the internet that's got zero chill!" Microsoft says Tay can tell a joke, play a game like "would you rather," tell stories, and rate pictures that you send it.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Executives previously from IBM Watson, GE Digital, Infosys, and MicroStrategy announced today that they have joined forces with TPG Growth to launch Noodle Analytics, Inc. (Noodle.ai), the Enterprise Artificial Intelligence company. Enterprise AI represents a major step forward in merging human learning and machine learning, all fueled by big data. Enterprise AI solutions combine world-class expertise in human-centered design, business process engineering, and artificial intelligence technologies. Today's artificial intelligence technologies include machine learning, predictive data analytics, and data science. "Over the next three to five years, artificial intelligence technologies and big data will be the most significant competitive differentiators in business. We are excited to be a pioneer in Enterprise Artificial Intelligence, offering timely, valuable, and affordable solutions to clients. We have the right team, an optimized business model, and the right partners to create extraordinary value," says Stephen Pratt, CEO of Noodle.ai.

The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival, held in Austin, Texas, is an incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity, featuring a trade show, startup accelerator, innovation awards and speaking events with industry leaders. "From hands-on training to big-picture analysis of the future, SXSW Interactive has become the place to discover the technology of tomorrow today."[1] This year, conversations around SXSW Interactive have been dominated by mobile apps, virtual reality, 3D printing, the internet of things, artificial intelligence and security. We've chosen to focus on 3 areas that we believe will have the most profound effect on customer experience: Fear of a robofuture was prevalent at SXSW, with apprehensions about how humanoid machines, artificial intelligence and deep learning will impact our future. John Havens, founder of The H(app)athon Project, went as far as to run a session called "The Dispensables", pointing to Gartner research predicting that 1/3 of all Americans will be out of jobs by 2025 due to automation.