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8. Introducing bots

Rick Van Rousselt1 
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Pelt, Belgium
 

The next big integration that Microsoft Teams provides is Bots. Bots are a broad name, especially in Teams. The basic definition of a bot is that it’s a computer program that can autonomously execute tasks. Chatbots more specifically are programmed in such a way that they can understand our language and then can act, more or less, in a human way on it. They can execute a command, but they are also used, for instance, to moderate chatrooms, where they are trained to understand profanity.

Why bots

Now, if you are new to this “bots and chatbots” story, then no worries. Bots are not ...

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