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 And passengers often must engage with customer service agents or chatbots to secure refunds, which can lead them to give up on the process altogether, according to Buttigieg. —

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024 The chatbot will read the information on the website and generate a multiple-choice test. —

Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024 The chatbot encouraged me to slow down, though the quick cadence of its responses remained unchanged. —

Reece Rogers, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2024 But experts warn that the broad use of the AI chatbot may amplify problems that have long plagued Meta’s social networks, including harmful misinformation, hate speech and extremist content. —

Will Oremus, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024 Her decision benefits us all; the conference’s emphasis on avatars provides an important preview on how the AI industry is turning chatbots into simulated humans, and Preston’s impeccable note-taking (and unfailing ear for good quotes) exposes the uncomfortable energy beneath each interaction. —

Longreads, 12 Apr. 2024 All are geared toward software engineers and business customers, as opposed to public-facing chatbots like ChatGPT that have become synonymous with generative AI. —

Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024 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

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