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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The Science paper tackled the same questions but from the perspective of chatbot design.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
In another experiment, voters in Massachusetts were exposed to chatbot discussions regarding a ballot measure to legalize psychedelic drugs.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Another paper published in May based on a study of a smaller group of participants found that AI chatbots were not especially persuasive, while a paper published last year found that humans working with generative AI could produce persuasive propaganda with limited effort.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
The global economy, education, electrical grids, political discourse, the social web, and more are being changed, perhaps irreversibly, by chatbots that in a less aggressive paradigm might just be emerging from beta testing.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
In another experiment, voters in Massachusetts were exposed to chatbot discussions regarding a ballot measure to legalize psychedelic drugs.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Another paper published in May based on a study of a smaller group of participants found that AI chatbots were not especially persuasive, while a paper published last year found that humans working with generative AI could produce persuasive propaganda with limited effort.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
The global economy, education, electrical grids, political discourse, the social web, and more are being changed, perhaps irreversibly, by chatbots that in a less aggressive paradigm might just be emerging from beta testing.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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chatbot
noun
chat·bot
ˈchat-ˌbät
: a bot that is designed to converse with human beings
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