Humans, we've got company. No longer satisfied with being the dominant network for our humble species, Facebook is now courting a different type of user: bots. And eventually you'll be able to talk to ...

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed a new tool for developers to build automated chatbots inside Facebook Messenger. The Facebook boss revealed the 'Bots for Messenger' platform at the opening of the company ...

Sophie was Technology and Science Editor at Mirror Online, covering the often uncomfortable relationship between man and machine, and the inevitable rise of our robot overlords. She left in October ...

Facebook became the latest high-profile convert to the bots cause, announcing bot support for its Messenger platform. The company follows Microsoft, which talked up the potential of bots at its recent ...

Facebook has bold ambitions for its Messenger platform, following the announcement of new features, services and the launch of bots—chat-based interfaces designed to simulate human conversation and to ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

American Express wants to make it easier for you to keep tabs on your account by bringing purchase notifications to a platform you probably already use: Facebook Messenger. The credit card brand is ...

CNN and NBCUniversal’s Fandango are among the first in the media and entertainment biz to tap into Facebook Messenger “bots,” which let users get automated info from artificial-intelligence agents.

Facebook has admitted that until now its Messenger chat bots have been somewhat rudimentary. The company, which launched chat bots for Messenger back in April, purposefully prevented users from ...

Mark Zuckerberg said bots offered advantages over using dozens of specialised apps Humans, we've got company. No longer satisfied with being the dominant network for our humble species, Facebook is ...