Social networking giant Facebook has once again added a minnow to its kity. To enhance the UI experience and to incorporate more futuristic features it has acquired an AI (Artificial Intelligence) start-up called OZLO which understands test based conversations. The start-up claims to have developed a virtual assistant which provides meaningful answers that do not simply confine with “Yes” or “No”.
” By joining a team (Facebook) that shares our values and our vision, we will be able to continue to work on building experiences powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning,” quotes Ozlo’s website. Ozlo had previously raised a net sum of $14 Million from a number of investors before joining with Facebook. Most of their workers among their 30 employees will be joining the Messenger team in the Facebook’s office at California or Washington.
Earlier this year, Messenger’s product head Stan Chudnovsky said Facebook was focused on text-based AI because voice conversations like that of Apple or Google required an extra step.
“Until we nail [text] we don’t want to go into a world where we teach people what we cannot do well. Otherwise we’re going to be in the world where people very quickly realise certain things that we don’t do well yet and then they may not give us another try,” Chudnovsky said.
Not to mention that Facebook shut down one of its AI systems on Sunday after chatbots started speaking in their own language defying the codes provided. “The AI did not start shutting down computers worldwide or something of the sort, but it stopped using English and started using a language that it created,” claim reports.
This according to experts is a dubious sign and this could cost the company severely. Facebook is so stern in pulling this off as this might ruin the the reputation of the company so it is taking it as a matter of pride, say experts.
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