The Microsoft Bot Framework features open source SDKs, developer tools and services to help coders build, test and connect conversational AI bots for apps like Skype, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Facebook ...

Two years ago at its Build developer conference, Microsoft made a big push for its bot development tools and the idea of "conversation as a service." Since then, things have gone a bit quiet. But it ...

A few years ago at its Build developer conference, Microsoft made its conversation as a service (CaaS) offerings the centerpiece of its announcements. This year, Microsoft made some solid advancements ...

Microsoft today is introducing the Bot Framework, a new tool in preview to help developers build their own chatbots for their applications. There is also a new bot directory full of sample bots — like ...

One of the more fascinating trends of this past year was the move to conversational computing. Instead of building complex apps, using bots over services like Facebook’s Messenger or Microsoft’s Skype ...

Bot Framework Composer is an open-source tool for visual bot development. The tool is available as a desktop application for Windows, Mac, and Linux as well as a web-based component. Microsoft ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The future is going to be full of people talking to chatbots, says Microsoft, and it wants to help you build one.

Not only have Microsoft's Bot Framework and Service been updated, but new AI functionality and language capabilities have been introduced for apps that leverage Azure Cognitive Services as well. Hamza ...

On March 30th, during the BUILD 2016 keynote presentation, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked about “Conversations as a platform.” That means conversations between two or more people, between people ...

Microsoft is offering new tools to help developers build interactive bots that understand natural language, the company announced at its Build conference today. Though Microsoft’s own “Tay” bot became ...