The team is bringing artificial intelligence to Skype in a big way. You'll have access to the Cortana personal assistant on Android, iOS and Windows, to begin with. It's much like Facebook's M and other conversational helpers: you can ask her to send directions, order food, or even connect to other bots (such as, say, customer service). Support for chat bots is being woven into Skype itself, on that note, so companies can serve you through AI messaging when it's convenient. You should have access to bots in Skype today, and there's a bot developer kit to help programmers get started.

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