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The Quartz Bot Studio (which the publication intends to maintain after the grant funding is used up) will develop new bots for messaging platforms like Slack and voice interfaces like Amazon Echo or Google Home.
Wang, Shan. "Quartz launches its Bot Studio with $240K from Knight, and plans for Slack and Echo." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 29 Nov. 2016. Web. 15 Jun. 2019.
APA
Wang, S. (2016, Nov. 29). Quartz launches its Bot Studio with $240K from Knight, and plans for Slack and Echo. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved June 15, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/11/quartz-launches-its-bot-studio-with-a-quarter-million-from-knight-and-plans-for-slack-and-amazon-echo/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "Quartz launches its Bot Studio with $240K from Knight, and plans for Slack and Echo." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 29, 2016. Accessed June 15, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/11/quartz-launches-its-bot-studio-with-a-quarter-million-from-knight-and-plans-for-slack-and-amazon-echo/.
Wikipedia
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