Microsoft Cognitive Services to help give apps "a human side"

Microsoft spoke at length at Build 2016 about its vision for the future of communicative computing. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella expressed his belief that the next leap in consumer interactions with platforms will move beyond the traditional confinements of everyday operating system navigation to a more predictive artificial intelligence presence in people's lives. However, before Nadella's utopian science fiction fantasy becomes an everyday reality for the average consumer, Microsoft along with the rest of the industry will need to refine the API's, natural language frameworks, and machine learning of the bots that will be communicating with people. Shortly after Build 2016, Microsoft Cognitive Services page surfaced on the internet to help developers enable natural and contextual interactions between their services and the customers they link to. Microsoft Cognitive Services let you build apps with robust algorithms using just a few lines of code.