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Microsoft buys conversational AI startup

Microsoft Corp. said May 20 that it purchased Semantic Machines Inc., a Berkeley, Calif.-based conversational artificial intelligence startup, for an undisclosed amount.

The company will now establish a conversational AI center in Berkeley to work on language interfaces.

Microsoft is working in conversational AI with its digital assistant Cortana and social chatbots such as XiaoIce.