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Google Planning New Messaging App With AI Chatbots (wsj.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the because-who-doesn't-need-an-eleventh-chat-app dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is testing a new mobile messaging service. They say one of the defining new features of the service is the inclusion of AI-driven chatbots, which can answer questions asked of them in a conversational manner. Google veteran Nick Fox is reportedly running the team building the messaging service. It's not clear what will become of Messenger or Hangouts, or when the product will launch. "Google would steer users to specific chatbots, much as its search engine directs users to relevant websites. The move is strategic, because messaging apps and chatbots threaten Google's role as the Internet's premier discovery engine."

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  1. Perfect by DarkOx · · Score: 2

    The was a vast shortage of ill-considered responses by people who did not really read the question on the internet. I am glad Google is coming to save us from that absense of automatic human responses, with real automation.

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  2. Discuss by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google Planning New Messaging App With AI Chatbots

    How do you feel about Google Planning New Messaging App With AI Chatbots?

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  3. Re:WTF? by vikingpower · · Score: 2

    I use neither Siri nor any Apple product. Besides that, I don't *speak to computers. Nor do I chat with them. Speech & chat are communication forms for human beings.

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