Microsoft has long worked to create a smart chat-bot based on artificial intelligence.
Now the company has integrated their developments with the Internet of things (IoT) and together with Xiaomi introduced the fifth generation AI assistant Xiaoice. The novelty will expand the feature set of messengers: in addition to the usual correspondences and purchases there will be a new option.
Updated Xiaoice learned to work with 35 types of gadgets to smart homes and take control of your IoT platform Xiaomi. The assistant communicates with the user by telephone and using streaming video to recognize emotions.
Microsoft will soon merge with other companies to expand the list of applications that support Xiaoice. The developers stressed that already now bot enjoy 100 million people.
Xiaoice is a cross — platform service that is integrated in third-party apps such as WeChat. Bot will help Microsoft to gain a foothold in the Chinese market in the IoT, where Amazon’s Alexa is still not popular.
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