AIM® Bots allow you to easily provide dynamic content and information via IM. They allow you to create real-time interactive experiences, such as providing song lyrics, state capitals, jokes, or pictures, to a large audience on demand. AIM Bots can initiate conversations to users that have the bot on their Buddy List®.
There are two primary types of bots including Enterprise Bots and Consumer Bots. You can learn more about the differences from our bot developer site.
Benefits of bots:
- Send real-time presence based alerts
- Easily access applications using text simple interaction
- Receive messages via desktop or any AIM enabled mobile device
As an AIM Partner we can help to develop, maintain, and support your bot. As a developer you can utilize the Open AIM APIs, technical documentation, and developer forums to build, support, and maintain your own bot. You need to get an Open AIM key to get started.