BENGALURU: Haptik , an artificial intelligence-based personal assistant service, has revamped its offerings in the food and movies categories, to enhance user experience and drive successful transactions. "People love the idea of chat, but the back and forth exchange of messages means it's not always the fastest. The revamp was based on feedback received from users over the last two-and-ahalf years. The tasks can be completed end to end by chatbots, which are basically programmed robots that can have meaningful conversations while maintaining the personality of a human assistant.Haptik helps users accomplish everyday tasks such as finding flights to making a table reservation; from setting reminders to finding the nearest ATM. Haptik is funded by Times Internet.

Source: Economic Times August 24, 2016 23:15 UTC