Are chatbots here today and gone tomorrow or are they here to stay?
In April of last year, Facebook released a new and open version of Facebook Messenger. The new version allowed third party developers to create their own chatbots and deploy them…
Facebook developing chatbots that can negotiate like humans
Though chatbots have been growing in popularity in recent years, they are still somewhat limited in their capabilities. One of the things holding them back is the difficulty in programming…
Best Practices for Creating an Effective SMS Chatbot
Though there are many different platforms for Chatbots such as Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, SMS (text messaging) is still the ultimate platform when it comes to chatbots. Because there are…
Chatbots and the uncanny valley
The term “uncanny valley” was coined by notable robotics professor, Masahiro Mori, in 1970 to explain the phenomena of unease in the presence of humanoid robots. Mori, and other AI…
Ten cool ways you can use chatbots
Chatbot software is evolving When app stores and mobile applications started to show up in 2008, they were the hottest thing in mobile technology. Today, it's chatbots that are the…
How to use chatbots to generate more leads
If you’ve ever had to call a customer support number, you’ve encountered that all-too familiar voice reading off a list of options and which numbers to press to record a…
Chatbots: the next big thing in customer-business interactions
Major tech companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook have been working for several years to infuse artificial intelligence into their devices and platforms. This allows users to communicate with their…
Chatbots are here to stay
Though chatbots are a relatively recent invention and consumers have been slow to get on board with them, they’re definitely here to stay, especially when you consider that they tend…
Researchers working to develop emotionally intelligent chatbots
Psychologists used to believe human intelligence could be represented with a single number. Today psychologists know that there are actually many different kinds of intelligence. Mathematical and spatial intelligence are…
Customer service chatbots growing in popularity
According to a recent survey conducted by LivePerson, chatbots are gaining prominence globally. The purpose of the survey was to ask people who have experience in “speaking” with chatbots to…