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Doodle acquires chatbot Meekan to integrate its A.I. scheduling assistant
Ahead of IPO, mobile messaging giant Line introduces end-to-end encryption by default
66% of people have used a messaging app to communicate with businesses
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The inside story of Chris Messina’s new chatbot
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SF, New York, Austin, Chicago, Toronto, and Melbourne: VB’s Botathon is coming to your town!
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Rise of the chatbots, and why you should care
Kasisto’s new bots want to be the Ask Me Anything of personal finance
Amazon Echo now lets you enable new Alexa skills with your voice
Chris Messina, the inventor of the hashtag, just launched his own chatbot
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5 reasons mobile apps still rule: The Conversational Economy, Part 2
The DoNotPay bot has beaten 160,000 traffic tickets — and counting
U.K. investigates Brexit petition fraud after bots allegedly inflate signature count
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The bot revolution: How conversational interfaces will replace apps
Kip is a chatbot that uses emojis to find products you want to buy
Line, the biggest tech IPO of 2016, struggles to show its growth plan can work
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What we learned from bots, before they were cool
This app teaches people a Midwestern accent
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Messaging the robot: Improving mission-critical business needs with A.I. and bots (VB Live)
BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
Amex demos Facebook Messenger bot with purchase alerts, restaurant recommendations, and more
LaPrimaire’s Telegram chatbot will help crowdsource France’s next president
Hipmunk embraces bots with an A.I. travel assistant for Facebook Messenger and Slack
Smart assistants and chatbots will be top consumer applications for AI over next 5 years, poll says
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Smooch bridges the gap between web chat and messaging apps
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The limits of A.I. and chatbots: How not to fail like Microsoft (VB Live)
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CMO Checklist: Why brands should engage with bots (VB Live)
Bryan Kramer, staying human, and the rise of the chatbots – VB Engage
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Kayak’s cofounder talks about how bots are transforming customer engagement
OpenAI says it will build a household robot and intelligent agents
3 chatbots to help you find your next job
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These chatbots failed so yours doesn’t have to
Public hopes people will watch group chats as if they were sports
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Dark bots: The cat-and-mouse game begins
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India is primed for the chatbot revolution
Facebook wants chatbots to learn the way people do
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The state of bots: 11 examples of conversational commerce in 2016
Facebook Messenger’s new home section shows you birthdays, favorites, and who’s online
Microsoft acquires and shutters messaging startup Wand Labs
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