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All you need to know about conversational journalism, (journalistic) bots, conversational OS and #convcomm by @martinhoffmann.

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Joined February 2016
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Scoop: A big Facebook Messenger redesign is coming that prioritizes Stories (with ads) instead of businesses techcrunch.com/2020/02/28/me…

Facebook Messenger ditches Discover, demotes chat bots | TechCrunch

Chat bots were central to Facebook Messenger's strategy three years ago. Now they're being hidden from view in the app along with games and businesses.

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@Digiday14 Mar 2019
Nutella-maker Ferrero is trying out voice commerce trib.al/2h89x05
Nutella tests out voice commerce with first sampling push in the US

Nutella tests out voice commerce with first sampling push in the US

Nutella is in the early stages of building a strategy that will allow it to sell products via voice assistants.

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@Pinsky5 Feb 2019
Designing for voice has never been easier. Learn how it's done using #AdobeXD: youtube.com/watch?v=CvpVMbue…
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What the Guardian Voice Lab learned in its first audio experiment: theguardian.com/info/2019/ja…
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Regina Rini@rinireg22 Dec 2018
Reading transcripts from the qualifying round for the 2018 Loebner Prize, in which chatbots try to pass the Turing Test. There's a certain poetry to ineffective answers. I’ll post the most entertaining on this thread. [name of chatbot in brackets]
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Practice for Thanksgiving arguments with our "Angry Uncle Bot" nyti.ms/2QPgV7E
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Five super interesting insights from Google on the voice technology behind Google Assistant. blog.google/perspectives/sco…
Five insights on voice technology

Five insights on voice technology

A few things we've learned about how voice technology is fundamentally changing the way we use we our devices.

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Alexa vs. Siri vs. Google: Which Can Carry on a Conversation Best? #convcomm nytimes.com/interactive/2018…
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@Digiday15 Aug 2018
ICYMI: Publishers like The Washington Post, The Guardian and Mic have discontinued their chatbots: trib.al/ZvgjFHf
Quartz forges ahead, but other news publishers shut down chatbots

Quartz forges ahead, but other news publishers shut down chatbots

The Washington Post, The Guardian, Mic and others have shut down their chatbots, but Quartz is ramping up bot development.

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@Kantrowitz30 Jul 2018
Terrific piece on the people behind the Google Assistant's quirky personality: finance.yahoo.com/news/exclu… via @Pogue
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@jbenton10 Jul 2018
The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide (by @markfrankel29) niemanlab.org/2018/07/a-jour…
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@NiemanLab30 May 2018
The Skimm launches a 1:1, bot-less (for now) texting service to help subscribers make decisions niemanlab.org/2018/05/the-sk…
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The weather app @ponchoIRL is going to shut down after being sold to a drink company. theverge.com/2018/5/29/17404…
Poncho weather app to shut down after being acquired by a drink company

Poncho weather app to shut down after being acquired by a drink company

After five years of delivering the weather

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@Kantrowitz8 May 2018
Meet the new voice of the Google Assistant: @johnlegend Coming soon, Google announces at #io2018
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@MetaNewsroom1 May 2018
F8 2018: New Tools for Businesses and People to Deepen Connections in Messenger wp.me/p4eLrC-2LG
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Ry Crist@rycrist1 May 2018
Alexa’s new ability to remember things goes live today, so Amazon sent me some examples of how you might put it to use. More details here: cnet.com/news/total-recall-a… (via @CNET)
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🤔 Apparently after a while all messengers need an app store. Here is a huge update from @intercom: nitter.gq/padday/status/98877552…
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@Padday24 Apr 2018
Replying to @Padday
1. Before now Messengers only supported chat. We now have a brand new place called Messenger Home that acts as a front desk for your business. It connects customers to the right people or answer depending on who they are + what they need. You can completely customise it.
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Facebook stops accepting new bots on its Messenger platform for now. messenger.fb.com/newsroom/me…
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Interesting read: Used carefully, chatbots can be an asset to newsrooms. cjr.org/innovations/chatbots…
Used carefully, chatbots can be an asset to newsrooms

Used carefully, chatbots can be an asset to newsrooms

When the Arizona Daily Star began experimenting with chatbots in 2016, readers seemed excited…and a little confused. They were fascinated by the new technology, but often responded to the bot in ways...

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