Facebook buys AI firm Ozlo to transform Messenger

Facebook has bought artificial intelligence startup Ozlo to help build its Messenger service into a chatty virtual assistant that answers your questions. Ozlo specialises in understanding text-based conversations, and claims its software can understand and answer complex questions that require more than a simple'yes' or'no' answer. For instance, its AI assistant can answer a question about whether or not a restaurant is'group friendly' based on data from multiple reviews. Facebook is buying both Ozlo's technology and workforce, who will likely join Messenger's existing AI team. Facebook has bought artificial intelligence startup Ozlo to help build its Messenger service into a chatty virtual assistant that answers your questions.