chatbot

noun

chat·​bot ˈchat-ˌbät How to pronounce chatbot (audio)
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
The 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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Graphika, an online intelligence company, found the top three Mangione AI chatbots on Character.ai had logged over 10,000 chats before being disabled around December 12, and some are still operational. Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Global demand for the chips has been driven by the growth of generative artificial intelligence technology, such as that used in OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT. Afp, Fortune Asia, 18 Dec. 2024 Plus, users can watch videos via YouTube and take advantage of its trip planning capabilities with the help of Google’s AI chatbot, Gemini. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2024 The past few years have seen dramatic improvements in the capabilities of AI-powered chatbots, like OpenAI's ChatGPT, which rely on large language models to produce content for users. Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chatbot 

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First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chatbot was in 1994

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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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chatbot

noun
chat·​bot
ˈchat-ˌbät
: a bot that is designed to converse with human beings
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