Microsoft has agreed to purchase conversational artificial intelligence ( AI ) firm Semantic Machines , in a bid to enhance the user experience of its proprietary digital assistant and Azure desktop software . Mind Machines has advanced machine - learning technology to make conversational computing sound more natural and human - like .
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.