The intelligent personal assistant, sometimes called the chatbot, is rapidly appearing in more and more products with which we interact. The most prominent of these products are smart speakers, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home. Interacting with machines using your voice used to be the stuff of science fiction. Nowadays, fun facts and jokes are just an Alexa or Hey Google away. The tasks we can ask these intelligent assistants to perform include media control, information search, home automation, and administrative tasks, such as emails, to-dos, and reminders.
The capability of the intelligent personal assistant can be integrated into many more types of devices and platforms than just smart speakers. These include mobile operating systems such as Android and iOS, instant messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, and company...
