Facebook has bold ambitions for its Messenger platform, following the announcement of new features, services and the launch of bots—chat-based interfaces designed to simulate human conversation and to ...

CNN and NBCUniversal’s Fandango are among the first in the media and entertainment biz to tap into Facebook Messenger “bots,” which let users get automated info from artificial-intelligence agents.

Real human friends are soon to be out-of-date in Silicon Valley. Instead, your new social media friend will be an artificial intelligence bot, according to one executive from Meta, Facebook and ...

Facebook today heralded the promise of chatbots, while also acknowledging that the much-hyped technology is still in its infancy. Speaking to investors after its quarterly earning announcement, chief ...

Meta could soon give AI bots Facebook profiles. They could end up generating their own content and start interacting with users. According to the Financial Times, Meta is planning to roll out AI bots ...

Those are descriptions from federal politicians and child-safety advocates of the “sensual” and “romantic” chats Meta allowed its artificial intelligence bots on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to ...

Ever wanted to own a pet monkey? Well, now you can — kind of –thanks to the Yahoo Monkey Pets bot, which is now available on Facebook Messenger. Okay, it’s not a real pet monkey, but it’s as close as ...

The post that appeared on Buffy Sobol Johnson’s Facebook feed gave the Lakeville resident pause. “What was your experience with the worst restaurant in Lakeville?” someone recently asked, unleashing a ...