Microsoft takes another shot at an AI chatbot with Zo

Microsoft is providing early access to users on Kik to its newest AI chatbot called Zo.ai. Zo is a successor to Microsoft's ill-fated Tay.ai chatbot, which the company revoked shortly after its launch earlier this year after users got it to spew racist, hate-filled comments. Kik users who are downloading the Zo preview note that Microsoft's latest chatbot is currently locked down tightly, presumably to prevent another Tay-like rampage. Among the topics Zo is unwilling to discuss is politics, for example. We read the Obama Administration's report on artificial intelligence in full.