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The dream of Ara: Inside the rise and fall of the world’s most revolutionary phone
Robert Scoble, CES madness, and the iPhone 8 rumor mill – VB Engage
Digit bot has saved people $250 million and is now available on Facebook Messenger
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, Omidyar Network create $27 million fund for AI in the public interest
5 bots to try this week: Andy English, Pepper, PullString, Self Care, MemeChicken
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‘Alexa, are voicebots taking over?’
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5 reasons chatbots will help hotels thrive
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Why AI must be redefined as ‘augmented intelligence’
How the Sleep Number 360 bed uses machine learning to help you sleep
Hands on with Amazon Alexa on the Dish Hopper
Why ‘Amazon Alexa everywhere’ is a big problem
Bot evangelist Chris Messina leaves Uber
The singularity is here: Watch 2 Google Homes argue on Twitch
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How retailers can keep up with Amazon Go
Pope Francis has a Facebook Messenger bot, and it’s kind of funny
BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
Nissan is placing Cortana in the passenger seat
This robot coworker listens to what you’re saying
How latency threatens the future of robot servants like Jibo
The curious, the lavish, and the best, most pointless news of CES 2017
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Why we need speechbots to answer the phone
Ford to bring Amazon’s Alexa to millions of cars already on the road
Huawei’s $600 Mate 9 launches in the U.S. with Alexa pre-installed
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Doctors, data, and diseases: How AI is transforming health care
Slack invests in 11 bot startups to seed its platform
5 bots to try this week: Evabot, Madbot, Invisible Boyfriend, Opoid, and Radbots
Telegram Messenger now lets you delete sent messages within 48 hours
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IoT, AI, and chatbots are boosting revenue across markets — but trust is key
Mayfield Robotics launches $700 home robot Kuri
Lenovo launches Smart Assistant, a $130 Amazon Echo competitor with Alexa inside
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Why you will hire a chief machine intelligence officer in 2017
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How AI startups can affect employment
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