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

The challenge is to create a chatbot that can converse coherently and engagingly with humans on popular topics for 20 minutes.

—Marc Saltzman

Examples of chatbot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Furthermore, government officials caution that AI chatbots may not be reliable for addressing voting questions, raising concerns about the integrity of election information and inaccuracies. —Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Similarly, in June, the Reuters Institute carried out an analysis on how several popular chatbots including ChatGPT and generative AI startup Perplexity answered questions about the European Parliament elections. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

This version of the popular chatbot will let users get the latest information available on the internet. —Paolo Confino, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024

The chatbot became the fastest-growing app ever, capturing 100 million users in two months and kick-starting the AI gold rush in Silicon Valley. —Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 1 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

chat entry 1 + bot entry 1

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

chatbot

noun

chat·​bot

ˈchat-ˌbät

: a bot that is designed to converse with human beings