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
Marc SaltzmanExamples of chatbot in a Sentence
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But this season will see one new kind of competitor: Max, an AI chatbot programmed to blend in with the cast on the show's fake social media platform.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 Apr. 2024
In March, the company announced a campaign to expand cross-border e-commerce with AI tools, including a smart assistance chatbot and AI software to automate sales processes.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
In November 2022, OpenAI released the first iteration of its chatbot, ChatGPT.
—Dan Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Gemini For users of Google’s chatbot, Gemini, conversations may sometimes be selected for human review to improve the AI model.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
As generative AI is integrated into common search engines and voters converse with chatbots, people seeking basic information about elections have at times been met with misinformation, pure bunkum, or links to fringe websites.
—Mekela Panditharatne, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Logan Kilpatrick will lead its AI Studio and help with Gemini, Google’s chatbot.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Microsoft confirmed the existence of its chatbot to The Verge.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
Music publishers Universal Music Group, ABKCO, and Concord Music in 2023 sued the AI company Anthropic for using its artists’ song lyrics to train its chatbot Claude.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 Apr. 2024
In March, the company announced a campaign to expand cross-border e-commerce with AI tools, including a smart assistance chatbot and AI software to automate sales processes.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
In November 2022, OpenAI released the first iteration of its chatbot, ChatGPT.
—Dan Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Gemini For users of Google’s chatbot, Gemini, conversations may sometimes be selected for human review to improve the AI model.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
As generative AI is integrated into common search engines and voters converse with chatbots, people seeking basic information about elections have at times been met with misinformation, pure bunkum, or links to fringe websites.
—Mekela Panditharatne, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
Logan Kilpatrick will lead its AI Studio and help with Gemini, Google’s chatbot.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Microsoft confirmed the existence of its chatbot to The Verge.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
Music publishers Universal Music Group, ABKCO, and Concord Music in 2023 sued the AI company Anthropic for using its artists’ song lyrics to train its chatbot Claude.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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