Google's Chatbot-Filled Messaging Service

Google’s Working on a Chatbot-Filled Messaging Service

Nathaniel Mott | December 23, 2015

Google isn’t content to let Facebook dominate the messaging market in the West. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company is working on a platform that will allow consumers to message assistive “chatbots” as well as real-live humans.
Details about the service are scarce. A name wasn’t revealed, for instance, nor was a timeframe for when consumers might expect to be able to use the app. But the report did reveal that Google’s been working on the product for about a year.

A report in the Wall Street Journal claims that Google is working on yet another mobile messaging service, this one with a heavy focus on artificial intelligence. The platform would include a number of so-called “chatbots” for responding to user queries, according to the report — sort of an “OK Google” for in-chat assistance.

Source: http://www.webzin.in/google-is-reportedly-developing-a-chatbot-infused-messaging-service.html

<more at http://gigaom.com/2015/12/23/googles-working-on-a-chatbot-filled-messaging-service/; http://www.wsj.com/article_email/google-plans-new-smarter-messaging-app-1450816899-lMyQjAxMTA1OTI5MjUyMDI5Wj (Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App. Users will be able to text friends or a chatbot that will scour the Web and other sources to answer a question. December 22, 2015) and http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/22/google-is-reportedly-developing-a-chatbot-infused-messaging-service/ (Google is reportedly developing a chatbot-infused messaging service. December 22, 2015)>