Xiaoice is Microsoft's latest piece of artificial intelligence. She has a 'cute' voice, can instantly comment on weather data and big news events, and now, she has a job on morning TV. The Chinese ...

In China, an AI companion called XiaoIce has more than half a billion registered users, making it the most popular social chatbot in the world.[1] How can we explain this fascinating difference?

The bot, called Xiaoice, has more than 20 million registered users. Like in the movie "Her," where the main character falls in love with with a Siri-esque operating system, people are using ...

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