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Facebook Messenger's new bots are a powerful way to target adverts

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, marketing, texting
Summary | Bots are becoming more and more popular and are taking over apps. Facebook Messenger will soon have its bots. Three types of bots were unveiled at a conference in San Francisco. The goal is to create bots that will learn what you like and don't like. But then, Facebook can let brands get in touch with you through Messenger; it's a marketing/advertising strategy.
Image Description | Photographs of different smartphone screens displaying chat conversations.
Image Tags | smartphone, text

Facebook’s 'spammy' chatbots must improve - and fast

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Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 14.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, marketing
Summary | Facebook's chatbots must improve; people have been complaining about bots' nonsensical answers and spams. Chatbots are not new, but thanks to Facebook, brands and publishers can reach users more easily.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone displaying the Messenger Platform beta, screenshots of three conversations with bots
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone, text, Twitter

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