5 ways bots will impact our lives in 2017

Bots have been built into devices and operating in the background for many years (think Google search engine), but only recently have software companies started to exploit their capabilities beyond simple querying of information followed by a programmed response. Just like Apple opened the app market to allow developers to write their own apps back in 2008, this revolution has now begun for AI and bots. In 2016, tech companies finally released platforms that allow third parties to start building and deploying solutions for the technology. From Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google and even enterprise tools such as Slack, the SDKs and tools have been rolled out. Today, developers don't need their own platform to create an Alexa skill – it is made available to them by Amazon.