Seriously? They are doing chatbots now?

  • 1 Replies
  • 2263 Views
*

DemonRaven

  • Trusty Member
  • ********
  • Replicant
  • *
  • 630
  • Disclaimer old brain @ work not liable for content
    • Chatbotfriends
Seriously? They are doing chatbots now?
« on: December 23, 2015, 01:38:50 am »
Google is reportedly developing a chatbot-infused messaging service

http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/22/google-is-reportedly-developing-a-chatbot-infused-messaging-service/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Venturebeat+%28VentureBeat%29

Quote
A report in the Wall Street Journal claims that Google is working on yet another mobile messaging service, with a heavy focus on artificial intelligence. The platform would include a number of so-called “chatbots” for responding to user queries, according to the report — sort of an “OK Google” for in-chat assistance.

The effort is allegedly being spearheaded by vice president of communications products Nick Fox. Two months ago, Fox was reportedly rebuffed in his attempt to purchase a small firm specializing in AI assistants, 200 Labs, whose intellectual property would have supposedly been rolled into the unnamed project.

The Journal posits that Google, already lagging in the messaging space in comparison to rivals like Silicon Valley neighbor Facebook (Messenger, WhatsApp), China’s Tencent Holdings (WeChat), and South Korea’s Naver, by way of its Japanese branch, NHN Japan (Line), is looking to close the gap with the service, said to have been under development for over a year.

Well lets see if they win the turning test shall we lol.
So sue me

*

8pla.net

  • Trusty Member
  • ***********
  • Eve
  • *
  • 1299
  • TV News. Pub. UAL (PhD). Robitron Mod. LPC Judge.
    • 8pla.net
Re: Seriously? They are doing chatbots now?
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2015, 01:47:19 pm »
As The Wall Street Journal has reported, "In October, Mr. Fox offered to buy 200 Labs Inc., a small startup that builds chatbots, but the firm declined the offer, according to two people familiar with the situation."  And went on to report, "200 Labs [Inc.] developed a marketplace and rating service for chatbots on Telegram, a messaging app that offers hundreds of chatbots, devoted to subjects such as the weather, image search, news and dating. 200 Labs is working on technology that will choose the best chatbot to respond to a request."

In the Tech section: 
Alistair Barr, Dec. 22, 2015 7:42 p.m. ET
Link: http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-new-smarter-messaging-app-1450816899
My Very Enormous Monster Just Stopped Using Nine

 


Say good-bye to GPUs...
by MikeB (AI News )
March 23, 2024, 09:23:52 am
OpenAI Speech-to-Speech Reasoning Demo
by MikeB (AI News )
March 15, 2024, 08:14:02 am
Google Bard report
by ivan.moony (AI News )
February 14, 2024, 04:42:23 pm
Elon Musk's xAI Grok Chatbot
by MikeB (AI News )
December 11, 2023, 06:26:33 am
Nvidia Hype
by 8pla.net (AI News )
December 06, 2023, 10:04:52 pm
How will the OpenAI CEO being Fired affect ChatGPT?
by 8pla.net (AI News )
December 06, 2023, 09:54:25 pm
Independent AI sovereignties
by WriterOfMinds (AI News )
November 08, 2023, 04:51:21 am
LLaMA2 Meta's chatbot released
by 8pla.net (AI News )
October 18, 2023, 11:41:21 pm

Users Online

299 Guests, 1 User
Users active in past 15 minutes:
squarebear
[Trusty Member]

Most Online Today: 335. Most Online Ever: 2369 (November 21, 2020, 04:08:13 pm)

Articles