This week I read

Debunking WeChat: What exactly is WeChat. To me is it more that a chat app. To me it is business, it is a bridge to my partners in China. It is my day to day utility app when I’m in China.

Chat bots, conversation and AI as an interface: A long read but I would suggest reading into the comments too.

Why Microsoft believes that AI bots are the only logical path forward: I’m excited about Microsoft, they released a bot development framework. If you are a developer like me and is looking to learn more about bots. You should take a look at this

Behind Facebook Messenger’s plan to be an app platform: Most of us use some form of messaging app, it is certainly easier if we could use our app services within it. Most importantly I can avoid downloading another app, “there is an app for that” is going to change into “there is a bot for that”

THROUGH THE AI EYE: This article talks briefly how AI facial recognition is sorting gender. Very interesting insights.