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专题一 阅读理解 训练8 词语意义猜测A You use her as a shoulder to cry on.She texts you back with casual jokes.But she，Xiaoice，is only a virtual chatbot. Xiaoice，Microsoft's latest artificial intelligence robot，was briefly released in 2017，and returned to WeChat in 2015，where she_became_a_big_hit．Millions of young Chinese now exchange messages with her daily，The New York Times reported.On WeChat，Xiaoice is an official account.After following it，users can start text－based conversations with Xiaoice.th her，” Liu Jinchang，a researcher at High－tech Research and Development Centre under the Ministry of Science and Technology(表情符号) in conversationsr knowledge from interacting with users，China Daily reported. Chatbot programmes first appeared in the mid－1960s in the US.Driven by top tech companiesgramme served as an academic consultant at Australia's Deakin University，answering students' questions about course schedules and financial aid.Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa have been used as voice assistants who can read news，play music and even make jokes for their users. These programmes are expected to move beyond smartphones，into televisions，cars and living rooms，The New York Times pointed out.However，it may take decades before scientists develop a “Samantha”，the advanced chatbot seen in the fiction film Her.In the film，Samantha sparks a romantic relationship with her user played by US actor Joaquin Phoenix.Many viewers are enthusiastic about this fantasy of virtual soul mate. | 
