Microsoft is getting wrapping up its big keynote for its annual developer conference Build, but there's still more news coming. The firm has announced the Bot Framework. The Bot Framework is a ...

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 — like ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A year after the launch of the Microsoft Bot Framework, today Microsoft ...

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Two years ago at its Build developer conference, Microsoft made a big push for its bot development tools and the idea of "conversation as a service." Since then, things have gone a bit quiet. But it ...