assistants
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The History of the Semantic Web is the Future of Intelligent Assistants
The Semantic Web provides an enticing vision of our online future. This next-generation Web will enable intelligent computer assistants to work autonomously on our behalf: scheduling our appointments, doing our shopping, finding the information we need, and connecting us with like-minded individuals. Unfortunately, the…
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Goodbye .@, Hello Messaging?
A single-character change in how tweets are distributed highlights a massive strategic decision for Twitter. When I first started using Twitter, I’d start my tweets with the names of other users. I wanted to give them credit for their ideas. I later discovered very…
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The Surprising Potential of a De-Smooshed Twitter
A unique real-world experiment, powered by an AI, that highlights the rewards and challenges of treating people on Twitter like individuals. Read the full report on Primal for Twitter, a personal intelligent assistant for content discovery. The Surprising Potential of a De-Smooshed Twitter
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Confessions of a Twitter Bot
Source Talking Politics Bots have a bad reputation. Whether they’re sinister botnets, carrying out coordinated attacks, or annoying spambots, polluting our digital universe with crappy auto-generated content, bots are a much maligned bunch. You might ask, if bots are bad and a huge portion…
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Content Assistants for Messaging and Social Media
Small conversational data such as tweets or text messages are a goldmine of individual interests. Millions of people everyday tweet about their favourite food, send a Kik or Facebook message about a recent TV episode, or take a photo on Instagram while attending a…