Facebook M virtual assistant will compete with Siri and Google Now
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#JKCX)
From restaurant bookings to dog-friendly beach recommendations, social network's new technology blends AI with human helpers
Facebook is launching a virtual assistant that combines artificial intelligence (AI) technology with a team of human helpers, to compete with services such as Apple's Siri, Google Now and Microsoft's Cortana.
Facebook M will sit within the social network's Facebook Messenger app, with people interacting with it using messages as if it were one of their friends.
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