Last Week in AI

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From the Editor: Bots that can Talk About Anything

Conversational applications such as digital assistants or chatbots are one of the main use cases of artificial intelligence(AI) applications across diverse industries. Currently, most conversational models remain highly specialized and constrained to specific domains. As a result, most of our interactions with chatbots don’t feel natural as they lack the ability of humans to discuss several topics as part of the same interactions or lack common sense and basic knowledge about the world.

As conversational evolve, we should see a transition from domain-specific to more generic models that can discuss almost any topic that a user wants. This approach has been certainly implemented in some of the most popular digital assistants in the market but remain absent in most chatbot applications. Recently, researchers from Google unveiled a model that can engage in conversations across almost any topic. Certainly a trend to follow in the conversational interface space.

Now let’s take a look at the core developments in AI research and technology this week: