Chatbots. News Digest 04/16

Booking.com launches a chatbot to connect hotels and travelers

The largest travel company in the world, announces a chat communication service that allows its millions of users to interact more easily with the hotels before and after their stays.

Users can use the chat service in two ways. First, they can start by asking a question of their host from within their Booking.com account on any device. That includes messaging directly from the desktop, mobile web, or within Booking.com apps on iOS or Android. Users can initiate any kind of conversation they’d like with the accommodation.

"Never give up". Steve Worswick (Mitsuku's Developer)

Mitsuku, a Chatterbot created by Steve Worswick, won the 2013 Loebner Prize bronze award as the most human-like chatbot.

What about Steve Worswick's first chatbot? I've asked Steve to share his experience with me and people who are trying to start making chatbots.

Steve Worswick: "Back in the early 2000s, I used to create dance/techno music as a hobby and had a little success with a couple of nationwide releases. One of my fellow producers had a chatbot on his website which was only a simple chatbot that could reply to common phrases but I was hooked on it and wanted one for my own site.

Chatbots. News Digest 02/16

Look at applications where chatbots are useful.

1. The robot lawyer

Joshua Browder, a Stanford University freshman, created a robot to appeal parking tickets in the UK, which has saved drivers $3 million dollars and he plans bring the bot to New York this spring. The robot lawyer can generate documents and answer legal questions, but won’t charge you hundreds of dollars in fees.

Why are you here?

There are several reasons for me to start this blog: I like to write short texts, I like to create chatbots and share my creations and I'd like to improve my pure poor English (my native language is Russian).

Why are you here? Do you also believe chatbots have great potential? Let's observe how they come into our lives through products and services.

WBR,
Ivan Golubev.