Digital Markets Act — What are virtual assistants?

For some weeks now, the­re has been con­sidera­ble media inte­rest in so-cal­­led intel­li­gent chat­bots. Whe­ther the­se are real­ly intel­li­gent and whe­ther the term “arti­fi­ci­al intel­li­gence” is appro­pria­te at all is open to ques­ti­on. They impress with their access to trai­ning data and num­e­rous pos­si­bi­li­ties for auto­ma­ti­on. WHAT ARE PER­SO­NAL ASSISTANTS? But even that is not…