Why chatbots are set to 'rewrite the future'
The simplest answer is a computer software program that is able to intelligently communicate with humans through artificial intelligence. Tech companies like Microsoft are placing big bets on the computer software, which is able to intelligently communicate with humans via AI. Microsoft recently launched its first attempt with a Twitter chatbot named "Tay"; however things didn't go quite according to plan when "Tay" started spewing racist comments to some user's questions. It's just "back to the drawing board," he said recently at the company's developer conference. Microsoft also announced that it will be launching new tools to help developers build their own chatbots into their apps.
Apr-12-2016, 11:51:23 GMT