A buried line in a new Facebook report about chatbots' conversations with one another offers a remarkable glimpse at the future of language. In the report, researchers at the Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research lab describe using machine learning to train their "dialog agents" to negotiate. At one point, the researchers write, they had to tweak one of their models because otherwise the bot-to-bot conversation "led to divergence from human language as the agents developed their own language for negotiating." They had to use what's called a fixed supervised model instead. In other words, the model that allowed two bots to have a conversation--and use machine learning to constantly iterate strategies for that conversation along the way--led to those bots communicating in their own non-human language.

Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is rolling out to your Amazon Fire tablet, allowing you to get similar functionality of the Amazon Echo speaker but on your tablet instead. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is rolling out to your Amazon Fire tablet, allowing you to get similar functionality of the Amazon Echo speaker but on your tablet instead.

Twitter will not be taking part in the development of chatbot, a trend that is rising growing very quickly. In its participation, the social network will be introducing new features and primarily for advertisers, which will allow promotion of ads by businesses. If well designed, the advertisements should be able to offer personalized experiences to consumers who are within Direct Messaging the likes of chatbots. Interactions will be carried out through a "Direct Message Card," which is new but has a provision of customization either by an image or video. Apparently, Twitter's cards are not comparable to Facebook chatbots.

The company said it has added picture-in-picture video, so that that users can do things like watch video while looking at the calendar. Android gets Notification Dots, which places a small dot on an app icon if there is a notification coming from the app. Users click to see the notifications. Auto-fill has been added so that users can get some help entering information on a mobile device when setting up a new service or a new phone. This requires an opt-in from the customer.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that there are now 2 billion active devices based on the company's Android software and touted the company's new AI efforts as he took the stage at Google's annual developer conference on Wednesday. He also announced a new product called Google Lens, which will be part of the Google Assistant for Android phones. Lens can identify objects in the real world for a variety of uses. "It's been a very busy year since last year. We've been focused on our core mission of organizing the world's information," he said.

Microsoft knows you don't run Windows on all of your gadgets, and it no longer cares. That, above all else, was the message the company conveyed for three whole days at its Build developer conference. Redmond is no longer trying to foist phones on consumers who don't want them. It stopped plugging its ears and pretending Google Docs and Chromebooks aren't a threat. And it won't beg people to throw out all of their devices and buy a dozen new ones so they can live their Best Windows Life.

The latest technology to catch the fancy of a lot of businesses are chatbots--self-learning computer programs designed to have intelligent conversations with humans over the Internet. Several announcements were made recently by leading Indian banks and insurance companies about deploying chatbots. Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd. launched ASHA, a loan acquisition and fulfillment chatbot for Facebook Messenger that customers can chat with to apply, structure, submit documentation, and receive loan approvals, without downloading any other application. YES Bank launched an AI powered chatbot called mPOWER for FB Messenger for instant loan offering. HDFC Life Insurance launched an AI based chatbot that takes customers through a 60 seconds quiz and then computes their Insurance Quotient for the company's various insurance products, like tax planning, retirement, health, etc. Chatbots can be highly beneficial for both businesses and customers.

"Does the world really need another wedding photographer?" That was the thought that ran through Saskia Nelson's mind when, having spontaneously resigned from her office job at a London Olympics legacy project, she was thinking of her next move. An amateur photographer, she decided four years ago, aged 43, that she was going to go professional. But she hadn't really worked out how, and so she used her three-month notice period to consider her options, one of which was to join the army of wedding snappers. "But I thought, 'I'm not married, it's not my bag, I don't really know anything about it,'" says Saskia.

Things change pretty much on a daily basis in the world of SEO. Since the announcement of Google's AI machine learning algorithm – RankBrain – in 2015, one of the most discussed topics in SEO galleries is: With Google admitting RankBrain being one of the top three ranking factors, these discussions have become even more worthwhile. In past 3-4 months, we also saw a spike in the number of SERPed members asking the same question. And, multiple posts claiming 2017 as the year of AI and Voice Search, we think it is the right time to dive deeper to understand more about it. To get more clarity on this topic, we decided to go straight to the big guns and find out what they think about it. The responses from each expert are compiled below. Fasten your seat belts and get ready for an awesome ride. Albert Mora is the CEO and co-founder of Seolution, an SEO agency for Shopify e-commerce sites. He has been doing SEO from 1997 and has around 20 years of experience. Follow Albert on Twitter here. Since the beginning of the Internet, artificial intelligence has played a relevant role in the operation of search engines. Logically, the algorithms have been evolving, but the fundamental underlying principle remains the same: search engines want to deliver quality search results to the users. For this reason, if you want a long term sustainable SEO results, you must think about the users first, not about the search engines. Alex has more than 15 years of experience in Digital Marketing, and he is working online since 2002.

With its latest Galaxy S8 and S8 smartphones, Samsung also launched its very own AI assistant, Bixby. We know what you're thinking -- do I really need yet another Android helper bot like Google Assistant or even Cortana vying for my attention? Actually, Bixby might prove to be useful for Galaxy S8 owners than we expected, thanks to to its tight integration with the smartphones' hardware. Bixby has its own access button on the Galaxy S8 that helps you navigate services, apps and more via voice, touch and text commands. It also comes with a card-centric user interface that looks a lot like Google's former Now app, letting you save cards as reminders for later use.