Tag: Top Stories

  • Rise of the ChatFAQ or InfoBot

    Rise of the ChatFAQ or InfoBot

    Not all businesses need an AI-powered mega-chatbot capable of answering every question up to and including “what is the meaning of life?” The rise of chatbots handing out specific information in a FAQ-like format is an increasingly popular choice, creating InfoBots that can fulfill a specific function neatly and efficiently while saving the user time…

  • The Biggest Sextech Trends to Be Excited About (and Some Caveats)

    The Biggest Sextech Trends to Be Excited About (and Some Caveats)

    1. On demand companionship and sex positive chatbots The adaptable, malleable and entirely programmable on demand companionship that is being engineered by developers and companies, such as Microsoft, has been decades in the making. At The Chatbot, we’ve explored many aspects of how these programmes are changing, and assimilating into, our lives – in commerce,…

  • How Chatbots and AI Could Play Out in the Smart Future

    How Chatbots and AI Could Play Out in the Smart Future

    In the week that Elon Musk talks about the progress in his Neuralink brain-machine-interface business, discussion about AI and where it will take us is raging. Will robots rely on human smarts? Will people tolerate robots in their homes and how will chatbots evolve beyond text on the screen? Robots in the media have been…

  • Chatbots Grow into Sales and Marketing Tools

    Chatbots Grow into Sales and Marketing Tools

    The evolution of chatbots from a customer support tool continues as retailers, events, hotels, airlines and other sales-focused businesses seek to claw back some of the trade lost to scalpers, scrapers and comparison sites. The wide range of ways to buy almost any product online creates confusion, brand dilution and further moves the consumer away…

  • Chatbot Identification Now Law in California and Expected to Spread

    Chatbot Identification Now Law in California and Expected to Spread

    A clampdown on video face recognition systems is spreading around major cities, as politicians police and others continue to argue its merits. Meanwhile, a tightening of rules on other AI and smart technologies is on the way. Chatbots are the latest to feel the effect with a Californian law banning bots that fail to identify…

  • Robert Downey Junior Talks Real Bots to Save the World

    Robert Downey Junior Talks Real Bots to Save the World

    A real flying Iron Man isn’t going to show up any time soon. Even if he did, he’s hardly in a position to tell everyone else to make the world a better place, and few would likely listen. So, the real world Robert Downey Junior is talking up his new initiative to use technology and…