Here's the first sign that Microsoft is building an A.I. empire

Forget everything you know about Microsoft's Tay chatbot. It was a disaster, it didn't work, the researchers behind it have likely all been fired or reassigned. In truth, it was a test of the Microsoft natural language processing algorithms, and it didn't pass the test. Plus, Tay was never intended as something that proved Microsoft's prowess with A.I. It was a mere consumer test, a minimal entry in their grand A.I. scheme.