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Apps are old school. Bots are the future. “Conversational UIs” will replace the web. That, in a nutshell, is the thinking behind a developer gold rush happening right now. Facebook announced bots for ...

Bots are nothing new. In one form or another, they have been around for years. The term comes from a Czech word, robota, meaning 'forced labor'. The word robot first appeared in a 1920 play by Czech ...

The technology behind the snazzy new “bots” Facebook is rolling out for its Messenger chat app has enormous potential to internalize payments within social media experiences like shopping, travel and ...

Facebook has bold ambitions for its Messenger platform, following the announcement of new features, services and the launch of bots—chat-based interfaces designed to simulate human conversation and to ...

SAN FRANCISCO — You already chat with friends on Facebook Messenger. Now Messenger wants you to chat with businesses and get updates from them, too. That's the future Facebook pitched Tuesday at f8, ...

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