The giant software company Microsoft wants everyone to talk with their computer and get benefitted.
Microsoft is promoting new uses for Cortana - its voice-activated answer to Apple`s Siri digital assistant - including the ability to interact with software bots that can have limited conversations with users and help with tasks like booking a hotel room, ordering a meal or arranging a delivery.
This can already perform tasks for users like playing a song at a request or answering a question. Bots are smarter than traditional software apps, though, using artificial intelligence to respond to a wider range of commands and in a convenient, conversational way.