Microsoft adds five new AI chat bots to Skype

Microsoft has added to the number of chat bots available for users of Skype, introducing automated AI assistants for vacation price comparison sites Skyscanner and Hipmunk, ticket store Stubhub, and programmable messaging service IFTTT. Also among the five assistants introduced this week is Spock Bot, which Microsoft says "provides information on the ways of Vulcan logic."
The Skyscanner and Hipmunk apps will spit out flight and travel suggestions based on preferences like location and