chatbot
noun
chat·bot
ˈchat-ˌbät 
plural chatbots
: a bot (see bot entry 1 sense 3) that is designed to converse with human beings
Chatbots … have been around for years, mostly to answer generic questions over the phone or on a website.—
Dalvin Brown
Dalvin BrownThe challenge is to create a chatbot that can converse coherently and engagingly with humans on popular topics for 20 minutes.—Marc Saltzman
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Nvidia has managed to recoup some of its losses after a disastrous day of trading, which saw tech stocks across the board rocked by the entry of Chinese chatbot DeepSeek into the AI space.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The company’s GitHub unit announced support for artificial intelligence models from Anthropic and Google for a programming chatbot in addition to existing support for OpenAI.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
First, users can ask the chatbot questions and receive direct answers.
—Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2025
Scott Rosenberg Jan 23, 2025 The AI personification trap
The chatbot that's giving you information and ideas today is not your friend or neighbor — and the AI agent that might perform tasks for you tomorrow is not your coworker.
—Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The company’s GitHub unit announced support for artificial intelligence models from Anthropic and Google for a programming chatbot in addition to existing support for OpenAI.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
First, users can ask the chatbot questions and receive direct answers.
—Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2025
Scott Rosenberg Jan 23, 2025 The AI personification trap
The chatbot that's giving you information and ideas today is not your friend or neighbor — and the AI agent that might perform tasks for you tomorrow is not your coworker.
—Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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