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Microsoft Thinks Everyone Should Have An Army Of Bots

• popsci.com

Despite Tay's PR debacle, Microsoft is still committed to the idea that bots are the new apps.

Bots, in this context, refer to software that's able to use conversation on a messaging platform to accomplish a task.

At the company's Build conference today, CEO Satya Nadella made it clear that Microsoft is heavily invested in computers that can naturally talk to its users. The conference brought announcements of Microsoft's commitment as well, most notably its new Bot Framework, an infrastructure that lets developers build bots inside their applications with little prior experience.

"Bots are like new applications that you can converse with," Nadella said.

"Bots are like new applications that you can converse with."

The Bot Framework was announced alongside new updates to Cortana, Microsoft's digital personal assistant.


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