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Oct 11, 2016

The Habari #6

Habari: Swahili for ‘Information’

Article 1: If we can’t trust Psychology papers, what can we trust??

A bot crawled thousands of studies looking for simple math errors. The results are concerning.
"Statcheck" is a program that automatically detects errors in psychology papers.www.vox.com

Article 2: Emo bots are coming

Japanese AI bot with the personality of teen develops depression
A Japanese AI program with the personality of a high school girl has fallen into a suicidal depression. At the start of…www.9news.com.au

Article 3: The hype is fading

Slack's CEO Suggests Bots Are Overhyped
Stewart Butterfield, CEO and co-founder of popular business chat app Slack, helped kick off Silicon Valley's newfound…fortune.com

Article 4: A little bit of reality, and then bots will take off again

Bots are the new apps, only they suck (for now) - Digiday
A little more than six months ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella proclaimed that " bots are the new apps. " Like many…digiday.com

Article 5: A bit sad. But maybe this can help those grieving

An app for talking to the dead? Woman brings best friend back to life as AI chatbot
When someone important to us dies, we feel their loss keenly, and it can be difficult to let go of the pain we feel…www.ibtimes.co.uk

Article 6: Never count Microsoft out

Slack bot builder Howdy now supports Microsoft's Bot Framework
The main set of tools used to create Microsoft and Slack bots now work together, the companies told VentureBeat this…venturebeat.com

Article 7: Yes. A bank doubling down on losing the human touch

Bank tests AI chat bots to deal with customer questions | ZDNet
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to test out the use of AI chat bots to answer questions from customers. RBS will…www.zdnet.com

Article 8: On one hand, it solves a problem. Just not Twitter’s

Bots vs. trolls: 'Arguetron' engages 'internet bigots' in hours-long fights on Twitter
The internet can be a warzone of trolling, insults, arguments and just about anything you can imagine. Now a bot has…www.rt.com

Article 9:

Apttus looks to the future with bots and virtual reality
Last year Apttus, which provides pricing, quoting and contract building on the Salesforce platform was growing at a…techcrunch.com

Article 10:

Microsoft's bot platform is more popular than Facebook's among developers
More than 45,000 developers are now using the Microsoft Bot Framework, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday. This…venturebeat.com