Amazon launches $2.5 million Alexa Prize for college students building bots

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Kik’s new concierge bots help you shop with friends

Khari Johnson September 29, 2016 8:12 AM

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How Pullstring’s Jessie Humani bot went from being white to a woman of color

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Bot platform from Pullstring, maker of Barbie and Call of Duty bots, lets you create characters

Khari Johnson September 27, 2016 8:50 AM

Microsoft’s bot platform is more popular than Facebook’s among developers

Khari Johnson September 26, 2016 3:24 PM

Beyond Verbal wants to use virtual assistants to detect disease by analyzing your voice

Khari Johnson September 26, 2016 8:00 AM

Why mattress startup Casper built a chatbot for night owls

Khari Johnson September 22, 2016 9:27 PM

Backed by anti-Trump Twilio, HelloVote bot registers voters in under 2 minutes

Khari Johnson September 22, 2016 6:04 AM

Shopping bot Operator raises $15 million for expansion in China

Khari Johnson September 22, 2016 4:00 AM

Amazon hires CEO of conversational commerce startup Angel.ai

Khari Johnson September 21, 2016 3:25 PM

Troops raises $7 million for its Salesforce-powered bot

Khari Johnson September 21, 2016 4:30 AM

Amazon’s Alexa Fund leads $5.6 million round for smart home startup Nucleus

Khari Johnson September 21, 2016 2:00 AM

TGI Fridays’ new bot makes table reservations

Khari Johnson September 20, 2016 7:00 AM

Burberry bot launches on Facebook Messenger for London Fashion Week

Khari Johnson September 19, 2016 6:57 PM

Shopify’s Michael Perry on bots and automation: ‘We are on the cusp of some massive sh*t’

Khari Johnson September 19, 2016 12:20 PM

Facebook Messenger’s plan to go full WeChat may be hidden in its source code

Khari Johnson September 16, 2016 4:09 PM

7 predictions from early-stage bot investors

Khari Johnson September 16, 2016 10:45 AM

How Zendesk plans to turn online customer reviews into conversations

Khari Johnson September 15, 2016 9:10 AM

How A.I. will help kids on the Autism spectrum find employment

Khari Johnson September 14, 2016 6:48 PM

How the Digit bot helped people save $230 million

Khari Johnson September 14, 2016 2:21 PM

Facebook won’t charge merchants for using Messenger’s new pay function

Khari Johnson September 14, 2016 12:04 PM

Chevy and IBM Watson want to judge your mood. Will you let them?

Khari Johnson September 13, 2016 9:45 PM

Alexa now talks to General Electric appliances

Khari Johnson September 13, 2016 4:30 AM

Absolut’s Facebook Messenger bot wants to buy you a drink

Khari Johnson September 12, 2016 12:00 PM

Facebook Messenger bots can now accept payments

Khari Johnson September 12, 2016 10:07 AM

Sports Illustrated’s NFL bot lets you talk trash to friends and follow your favorite team

Khari Johnson September 11, 2016 5:02 AM

American Express has launched its Facebook Messenger bot

Khari Johnson September 9, 2016 2:51 PM

Ford buys commuter shuttle service Chariot

Khari Johnson September 9, 2016 10:36 AM

Xero to launch accounting bot for Facebook Messenger, iMessage, and Slack

Khari Johnson September 8, 2016 8:09 PM

Banks urged to wait 2 or 3 years before offering bots to customers

Khari Johnson September 8, 2016 5:35 PM

Enterprise startup Kore: Banks need bots to woo young people

Khari Johnson September 8, 2016 12:54 PM

Why Shopify’s Michael Perry is afraid bots will fail small businesses

Khari Johnson September 8, 2016 6:10 AM

Mindtree and Conversable make bots the first contact in customer service

Khari Johnson September 7, 2016 5:30 AM

5 bots to try this week: Medium, Hi Startups, Stylebox, Mondly, and Magic Eight bot

Khari Johnson September 6, 2016 7:22 PM

Cisco doesn’t want Spark to be like Slack. Here’s why

Khari Johnson September 6, 2016 11:12 AM

Stop typing on your phone. Using your voice is faster

Khari Johnson September 5, 2016 7:48 PM

Facebook’s Seth Rosenberg on bots, business, and the future of Messenger

Khari Johnson September 4, 2016 6:47 PM

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What is the meaning of ‘crunk’? Ask the Dictionary.com bot

Khari Johnson September 2, 2016 3:20 PM

Why Facebook Messenger doesn’t have a bot store

Khari Johnson September 1, 2016 1:31 PM

Do you hear an Echo? Baidu’s personal assistant tech to power Harman speakers

Khari Johnson August 31, 2016 9:00 PM