Cortana Gets Ability to Schedule Meetings; Skype Bots to Start Talking in 2017

HIGHLIGHTS

• Microsoft's Calendar.help is in exclusive preview
• The project includes efforts from scheduling AI start up
• Skype has names partners that will bring talking bots in 2017
• Microsoft is not just getting prepared to bring Cortana to your smart home, but is also tasking it to schedule meetings for you. The company has launched a new incubation project codenamed "Calendar.help" which gives Cortana, the personal digital assistant, ability to arrange meetings on your behalf. Microsoft has also confirmed that talking bots are coming to Skype in 2017.
  Microsoft says that the "Calendar.help" project is the company's latest attempt to bring together artificial intelligence (AI), conversational computing and calendaring. The project combines efforts from Microsoft Research, Outlook, Cortana, and Genee, a scheduling AI start up that was acquired by Microsoft back in August. Calendar.help is currently in an exclusive preview for customers.

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