Tag: bots

Science TC technology

Microsoft Maluuba teaches management 101 to machines in its first paper since being acquired

April 6, 2017
John Mannes

 In mid-January, the ongoing race for AI put Montreal-based Maluuba on our radar. Microsoft acquired the…

Government Social social media spam spamming TC Twitter

Twitter nixed 635k+ terrorism accounts between mid-2015 and end of 2016

March 21, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Twitter has revealed it suspended a total of 376,890 accounts between July 1 through December 31…

Messenger Mobile Social TC

As Messenger’s bots lose steam, Facebook pushes menus over chat

March 2, 2017
Sarah Perez

 Facebook’s Messenger bots may not be having the impact the social network desired. Just yesterday, online…

payments PayPal slack TC

PayPal’s first payments bot is a Slack app

February 7, 2017
Sarah Perez

 PayPal this morning is launching a new bot aimed at making it easier for Slack users…

e-commerce eCommerce Messenger Mobile TC

Domino’s now lets you order from its full menu via Messenger – no setup or account required

February 3, 2017
Sarah Perez

 Domino’s is about to put its ordering bot, Dom, to a big test. Just ahead of Super Bowl…

Column TC

On bots, language and making technology disappear

January 7, 2017
Elizabeth McGuane

 This year’s new buzzword in computer design circles is without question “bots.” As with anything we…

Developer open source Startups TC

RASA NLU gives developers an open source solution for natural language processing

December 16, 2016
John Mannes

 For better or worse, 2016 was another year of bots. I probably got more pitches for bot startups…

Column Education TC

Why education should become more like artificial intelligence

December 5, 2016
Sylvain Kalache

 Artificial intelligence is all around us. It’s in our cars, our homes and our pockets. With…