Google could unveil chat bot initiative at I/O today

Silicon Valley is going crazy over bots. In particular, chat bots, software designed to mimic conversations with real humans. According to a report from The Information, Google may launch a new chat bot initiative at Google I/O today. Google is reportedly developing tools for developers to create their own chat bots that live inside large messaging platforms like Facebook's Messenger or Google's own Hangouts. Rather than just create its own bots, Google wants to create a platform that other parties can use to build bots for their own needs.