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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Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, sued to block a declaration by the Defense Department that the company posed a risk to the US supply chain, escalating a high-stakes dispute over safeguards on AI technology used by the military.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in California, BMG claims Anthropic used lyrics from artists including Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, and The Rolling Stones to train its Claude chatbot without authorization.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
The chatbot was never fully deployed and was unplugged after three months.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Teaching students how to explore connections between characters and conflicts in a novel to people and situations in their own lives makes resorting to chatbots less appealing, if not altogether useless.
—Gayle Rogers, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in California, BMG claims Anthropic used lyrics from artists including Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, and The Rolling Stones to train its Claude chatbot without authorization.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2026
The chatbot was never fully deployed and was unplugged after three months.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Teaching students how to explore connections between characters and conflicts in a novel to people and situations in their own lives makes resorting to chatbots less appealing, if not altogether useless.
—Gayle Rogers, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for chatbot
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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chatbot
noun
chat·bot
ˈchat-ˌbät
: a bot that is designed to converse with human beings
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