# Listen: Microsoft Acquisition Aims to Advance AI

By Bret Brown · Published 2018-05-22 · Updated 2026-07-23 · Industrial IoT on MarketScale
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> Multinational technology company Microsoft has acquired Semantic Machines in hopes of advancing conversational artificial intelligence. Semantic Machines has developed a new approach to building conversational AI. By using machine learning, users can discover, access and interact with information and services in a much more natural way, and with significantly less effort. All eyes will…

## Key points

- Microsoft acquired Semantic Machines to boost conversational artificial intelligence.
- Semantic Machines utilizes machine learning to create more natural interactions with AI.
- The acquisition could lead to significant advancements in AI-driven user interactions.

Multinational technology company Microsoft has acquired Semantic Machines in hopes of advancing conversational artificial intelligence. Semantic Machines has developed a new approach to building conversational AI.

By using machine learning, users can discover, access and interact with information and services in a much more natural way, and with significantly less effort. All eyes will be on Microsoft to see if this acquisition makes advances in AI a new part of the conversation.

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