Facebook helping companies build their own messenger bots

The model has already proved successful in Asia, where chat apps can handle everything from booking flights to managing bank accounts.(Reuters) Facebook is giving select third-parties access to development tools that allows them to build their own bots for Messenger, creating virtual chat partners that can automatically respond to customers’ queries, returning information, images, and even processing payments, a media report said.
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