Now anyone can build their own version of Microsoft's racist, sexist chatbot Tay

Company releases open-source chatbot framework allowing developers to build their own versions of its disastrous Twitter bot experiment

Microsoft has released open source tools for people to build their own chatbots, as it set out its view of the immediate future of artificial intelligence as conversational aids similar to its back-firing Tay experiment.

The company's chief executive Satya Nadella took to the stage at Microsoft's Build developer conference to announced a new BotFramework, which will allow developers to build bots that respond to chat messages sent via Skype, Slack, Telegram, GroupMe, emails and text messages. "Bots are the new apps," Nadella said.