Service Workers Forced to Act Like Robots Meet Their Match

The Atlantic, here. And don’t miss the conversations, truly jawdropping. Getting rid of this further pain point will likely increase Google’s power of “recommendation”. 

Chatbot lets you sue Equifax for up to $25,000 without a lawyer

The Verge, here.

Les applications de messagerie sortent leurs « bots » pour séduire les marques

LesEchos, ici. 

Sozial geschickte Chatbots

TechnologyReview, hier.

These Apps Let Anyone Build a (Dumb) Chatbot

Bloomberg, here. 

Your Facebook Workplace is about to be taken over by bots

VentureBeat, here. 

The Rise of the Machines – How Automated Digital Assistants Can Reduce Competition (and the Cash in Your Wallet)

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here.

Chatbots are a creation channel for storytelling

VentureBeat, here.

Les bots de Messenger s’apprêtent à faire de la publicité

Numerama, ici.

Creator of chatbot that beat 160,000 parking fines now tackling homelessness

TheGuardian, here.

Chatbots: Fad Or The Future?

TechDirt, Beach Podcast, here.

Apple lays the groundwork to kill online advertising

TechCruch, here.

When will AI bots replace virtual assistants?

Information-age, here.

Why Microsoft is betting its future on AI

TheVerge, Here.

The 'Frightful Five' in the Market for Digital Assistants

CheatSheet, here.

Digital voice assistants: Apps-Be-Gone!

DailyTrust, here.

Apple’s response to the chatbot craze doesn’t involve any chatbots

VentureBeat, here.

Expedia’s first bot is for booking hotels

VentureBeat, here.

Hyper-Reality

K. Matsuda, Video here. 

How Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant Will Make Money Off You

Technology Review, here.