A Corona Bot with no lime but lots of AI

Uni Sydney wanted a bot double-quick, to answer student questions on COVID-19. So they asked Microsoft

The company created Corona Bot in a week. It answers two or three questions from 300-400 students a day. How it happened and why it works are explained by Microsoft, here.

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