Facebook’s M is a Siri-like personal assistant for Messenger

Facebook’s Vice President of Messaging Products David Marcus today announced a new service called M. M is designed to be your personal assistant, which you can use to ask for recommendations such as gift ideas or restaurants to visit when you’re traveling. Currently in testing, M also helps users send shipments and book appointments. To start, you can message M like you would any other Messenger contact. Give your requests and M will ask followup questions as necessary. The service is similar to what smartphones offer with Siri and Cortana, though offering the service via Messenger means anyone can use it as…

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