It seems like barely a day passes without some notable mention of chat bots in the tech industry. Now one of North America’s most used chat apps has jumped on the wagon after Kik, the billion dollar ...

It’s clear that bots are having a moment. Even before Facebook’s Bots for Messenger announcement at their developer conference, there had already been a flood of investments, controversies, and ...

When history looks back at the evolution of messaging apps like WhatsApp, it'll point to our present time as when the definition of “messaging” changed. WhatsApp used it to connect people with other ...

Microsoft's first foray into social chat bots didn't go so well given that propensity for racist diatribes. It's giving the concept another try, however, and this time it promises to be more ...

Chat bots are one of the hottest tech topics of the year. Inspired by trends from Asia, messaging apps like Telegram and Kik have adopted bots — automated accounts from third partners like publishers ...

You may not have heard of Outbrain, but you’ve almost certainly seen the strange but alluring links it presents to you at the bottom of many news sites like CNN and The Guardian. Headlines like “Are ...

Emerging on the heels of the Facebook F8 Conference, chat bots have remained a hot topic in the media – specifically as they relate to Facebook Messenger and applications. Businesses and consumers ...

In the world of Internet of Things, it’s easy enough to get something connected to the Internet. But what should you use to communicate with and control it? There are many standards and tools ...

My editor doesn't like email. And that's probably the reason he's into the Google service that automatically generates replies to incoming messages. Smart Reply, as my editor will tell you, is pretty ...

A new study from Georgia State University found that community college students receiving targeted, personal text messages from an artificial intelligence chat bot were more likely to complete tasks ...

Erin Carson covered internet culture, online dating and the weird ways tech and science are changing your life. Expertise Erin has been a tech reporter for almost 10 years. Her reporting has taken her ...