Microsoft has agreed to purchase conversational artificial intelligence (AI) firm Semantic Machines, in a bid to enhance the language interfaces of its Cortana digital assistant and Azure Bot Service. The deal is expected to close by mid-2018, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Microsoft has agreed to purchase conversational artificial intelligence (AI) firm Semantic Machines, in a bid to enhance the language interfaces of its Cortana digital assistant and Azure Bot Service. Semantic Machines has developed machine-learning technology to make conversational computing sound more natural and human-like.