Neowin News Feed for: Xiaoice

Microsoft just can't seem to get AI chatbots right

Usama Jawad — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:33:37 +0000

Microsoft latest endeavor into the AI-powered chatbot space has proven that the company is still grappling with the inherent challenges of the technology, such as curation, biasness, and accuracy. Read more...

Microsoft's Chinese chatbot, Xiaoice, is spinning off into a separate company

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its Chinese chatbot, Xiaoice, is getting spun off into a separate company. Harry Shum, who led Microsoft's AI efforts until recently, will be the company's chairman. Read more...

Microsoft aims to advance its conversational AI push with Semantic Machines acquisition

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 21 May 2018 10:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced its acquisition of Berkeley-based Semantic Machines with the goal of bolstering its conversational artificial intelligence efforts and help bots have a more natural dialogue. Read more...

Microsoft's Cortana has a little sister named XiaoIce

Brad Sams — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 19:19:58 +0000

Microsoft's personal digital assistant is much more than a personality: the driving force behind the service is a complex network or smart algorithms that create the personality. Read more...