Google launches Allo, bets on AI to spice up chats
Source: Reuters
Google-parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) launched Allo, a messaging app that incorporates Google's search feature and a chatbot that uses machine learning to "improve" itself over time.
The new messaging service, which was unveiled in May, will compete with Facebook Inc's (FB.O) WhatsApp and Messenger. The much-anticipated launch comes a month after Google rolled out Duo, its video calling app.
Allo features a chatbot powered by Google Assistant, a virtual personal assistant like Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) Siri.
Users can call up the assistant in a chat by typing "@google" followed by a search query and the results will be displayed in the chat itself. "The more you use it, the more it improves over time," Amit Fulay, group product manager, wrote in a blog post.
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Utterly degenerate Allo in 24 hrs time?
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