Microsoft set out to learn about "conversational understanding" by creating a bot designed to have automated discussions with Twitter users, mimicking the language they use. What could go wrong? If ...

If you’re handed a note that asks you to draw a picture of a bird with a yellow body, black wings and a short beak, chances are you’ll start with a rough outline of a bird, then glance back at the ...

A chat bot that began as a hackathon project at Microsoft Corp.'s lab in Israel makes it easier for sick patients to find clinical trials that could provide otherwise unavailable medicines and ...

Microsoft today is unveiling new artificial intelligence technology that’s something of an artist – a “drawing bot.” The bot is capable of creating images from text descriptions of an object, but it ...

There are few technologies that cause as much controversy as artificial intelligence. It’s seen as a magic wand that can enhance a company’s growth and capabilities beyond anything human workers could ...

Tomorrow, Facebook is expected to roll out new bot-related programming interfaces and possibly new chatbots of its own at its F8 developer conference. Microsoft recently used its own Build developer ...

Microsoft set out to learn about “conversational understanding” by creating a bot designed to have automated discussions with Twitter users, mimicking the language they use. What could go wrong? If ...

Microsoft’s Skype is collaborating with Eton Institute and partner company Learningonline.xyz in developing a bot that can teach users a new language. The bot, or automated conversation software tool, ...

One of the more fascinating trends of this past year was the move to conversational computing. Instead of building complex apps, using bots over services like Facebook’s Messenger or Microsoft’s Skype ...

Microsoft created an artificial-intelligence based chatbot named Tay to engage with young people on Twitter. But within hours of her debut Wednesday, the Internet had stolen the bot's innocence. The ...

We all know that Microsoft has made some incredible advances in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past few years. However, the software giant is taking things to the next level with ...

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