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Robots are getting smarter. But how intelligent are they really?
As the latest technologies emerge from research labs, it is now obvious — if it was not obvious before — that scientists must rethink and reshape how they track the progress of artificial intelligence

Don't fear job loss; new-age technologies will not remove humans from workspace, say experts
While technologies will eliminate some jobs, it will also create some jobs that will support the "automation economy".

Finding right fit for jobs a hurdle; portals increasingly adopt AI tools to make search more efficient
With AI assistance, the job portals can identify and keep track of job seekers' behavioural trends and patterns which helps aid recruiters and candidates get the most relevant matches.

Amazon Alexa and AWS is helping NASA get work done faster and more efficiently
The next technological tsunami will come in the form of built-in intelligence everywhere.

Evolution of next gen chatbots: How natural language processing is changing the game
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolutionizing all walks of business and social life, enterprises are plugging in conversational AI to enhance cross channel customer experience.

Aham is an agriculture-focussed app that is meant to help farmers get their queries addressed by a chatbot or a live scientist
'Aham' was built by a six-student team from Mumbai's Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology in a software hackathon held on March 30-31.

ICICI Bank's AI-powered chatbot iPal completes 6 million responses, interacts with 3.1 million customers in eight months
8 months since the launch, the bank has released some numbers: 6 million queries answered and 3.1 million customers have interacted with 90% accuracy rate.

Inside Haptik.ai, a made in India and for India personal assistant and end to end chatbot platform
Haptik has developed all the technologies that they use in house, which is their primary strength.

Twitter bots need not troll, they can be used to spread positive messages and run interventions: Study
The researchers deployed a network of algorithm-driven Twitter accounts, or social bots, programmed to spread positive messages on Twitter.

More than 40 percent of Indian consumers prefer AI chatbots to be polite and female
This is because chatbots cannot deal with complex requests, understand human emotions or give personalised offers as well as humans according to the survey.

How conversational AI is driving the next generation customer experience, powered by chatbots and assistants
As AI technology matures, forward-thinking enterprises are plugging in conversational AI in their strategic investment roadmaps to leverage it for their customer service function.

Indian developers have an appetite for cutting edge technologies: Oracle
Oracle organised its global flagship developer conference 'Oracle Code' here on Thursday for the first time.

Chinese chatbots re-educated to answer sensitive questions about the country
The two chatbots, BabyQ and XiaoBing, are designed to use machine learning artificial intelligence (AI) to carry out conversations with humans online.

Facebook researchers shut down AI bots that started speaking in a language unintelligible to humans
Researchers from Facebook found that while they were busy trying to improve chatbots, the "dialogue agents" were creating their own language.

Here's how the increasing traction of chatbots and AI is affecting the modern world
People are worrying about their job security as sectors such as law, medicine, finance are all slowly adopting AI and chatbots to do their bidding.

AI powered chatbots failing due to disappointing performance
Developers created 33,000 chatbots on Facebook Messenger during the first six months of the service. However, the success rate is low.

Twitter introduces conversation ranking for replies view
The most engaging content shows up on top, the tweet with the most replies, or a reply from the original poster is more likely to be prominently placed.

Facebook Messenger launches Instant Games: allows you to play Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Galaga
Facebook has launched an HTML5 based Instant Games feature, that allows users to play games through Messenger or in the News Feed.

Twitter introduces chatbots for businesses via direct messages
Twitter is introducing what it calls conversational experiences, which are functionally chatbots for businesses in the Direct Messaging feature.

Microsoft, Facebook or Google: Whose bot building platform developers prefer?
Satya Nadella who believes that apps will replace bots recently revealed that 45000 developers are using the Microsoft Framework.