[New post] Facebook testing personal digital assistant inside Messenger

sskarthik posted: "By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is testing a personal digital assistant called "M" within its Messenger service that can answer questions with live human help and perform tasks such as buying gifts online and booking r" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on SKarthik.info Facebook testing personal digital assistant inside Messenger by sskarthik By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is testing a personal digital assistant called "M" within its Messenger service that can answer questions with live human help and perform tasks such as buying gifts online and booking restaurants. M is "powered by artificial intelligence that's trained and supervised by people," David Marcus, vice president of Messaging products, wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Rival services like Apple Inc's Siri, Google Inc's Google Now and Microsoft Corp's Cortana rely entirely on technology to answer questions. Read more... sskarthik | August 27, 2015 at 8:17 am | Categories: Computers and Internet | URL: http://wp.me/p1eKZE-3h7L Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from SKarthik.info. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sskarthik.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/facebook-testing-personal-digital-assistant-inside-messenger-4/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com