AOL Builds AIM Robots

Interesting this: AOL is launching sponsored IM bots called “AIM Robots” for its AIM instant messaging system.

AIM Robots are sponsored and operated by AOL and other vendors and appear as buddy icons in the buddy lists of AIM users who install them.

AIM Robots have existed since 2002, but AOL is now wrapping a formal program around this feature…

There’s a WSJ bot, which lets users set up news alerts to be delivered via AIM, as well as request stock prices…

InternetNews: AOL has teamed up with bot developers ConverseAgent (formerly ActiveBuddy) and InfiniteAgent to launch “a streamlined and efficient process” to design, build, certify and deploy IM bots on the network…Under the program, AOL said enterprises could also work with certified partners like IMlogic, FaceTime, Akonix and Macromedia to use IM bot development software to produce and deploy bots for AIM buddy lists.

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