Payments are all that’s needed for chatbots to deliver on their promise, says Kik CEO

 After the initial hype, chatbots have been written off by many in the tech industry for…

Facebook will launch group chatbots at F8

 Facebook will reveal at its F8 conference a new class of group bots that work inside…

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

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

Pypestream raises $15M for its customer messaging platform

 Pypestream is announcing that it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. When the startup…

Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets

 Google continues its march to expand its place in the mobile ecosystem, anchored by the fact that its…

On bots, language and making technology disappear

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

Microsoft officially outs another AI chatbot, called Zo

 What are chatbots for? I asked Zo, Microsoft’s officially launched chatbot, currently available on the Kik…