Microsoft is providing much of the sample code for its Bot Framework on GitHub. The approach makes a lot of sense; developers are likely to already have GitHub accounts and can build chatbots ...

The Microsoft Bot Framework will also create chatbots that can integrate into a range of platforms, including Skype, Slack, Telegram, email, and the web.

Microsoft today is introducing the Bot Framework, a new tool in preview to help developers build their own chatbots for their applications. There is also a new bot directory full of sample bots ...

Microsoft may be ready to rev up (again) its conversation as a service strategy, with new additions to its bot-framework toolset.

Microsoft showcased its latest chatbot-oriented integration toolset at its San Francisco Build conference. The Microsoft Bot Framework allows every developer to integrate natural language ...

Tomorrow, Facebook is expected to roll out new bot-related programming interfaces and possibly new chatbots of its own at its F8 developer conference. Microsoft recently used its own Build ...

However, Microsoft hopes that its Cognitive Services and Bot Framework will allow the design of next-generation applications that use AI to interact more intuitively with users.

The new framework allows developers to build an independent chatbot that plays nice with users and Cortana.

Skype group program manager Lilian Rincon at Microsoft’s Build conference in San Francisco today. Skype is getting the power of the Cortana virtual assistant thanks to Microsoft’s new bot ...