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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SMBs typically gather first-party data through direct interactions (phone/text/chatbot/email/in-person).
—Chris Cho, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The logs also contained indications that some data is collected by chatbots or artificial intelligence, making references to prompts and AI responses to questions.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2024
Anthropic’s chatbot, Claude, has a reputation in the industry for being friendly, curious, and maybe a little more creative than its main rival ChatGPT.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
For instance, the company says when drivers ask for things like restaurant recommendations or for the chatbot to tell you a story, that will go to the cloud.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024
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Chris Cho, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The logs also contained indications that some data is collected by chatbots or artificial intelligence, making references to prompts and AI responses to questions.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2024
Anthropic’s chatbot, Claude, has a reputation in the industry for being friendly, curious, and maybe a little more creative than its main rival ChatGPT.
—Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
For instance, the company says when drivers ask for things like restaurant recommendations or for the chatbot to tell you a story, that will go to the cloud.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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