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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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
Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s chief product officer of responsible AI, unveiled new protections to prevent hackers from tricking AI chatbots created using the company’s Azure AI Studio into breaking its own safety guardrails.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
In some cases, AI chatbots churn out instructions with ingredients that don't even exist.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
Other companies with their own language models are trending towards charging a fee for their chatbots.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
While the chatbot began making up jokes about Jeff Bezos, Amazon rolled it out to select users.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2024
The company is reportedly interested in licensing and building Google’s Gemini AI engine, which includes chatbots and other AI tools, into upcoming iPhones and its iOS 18 features.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
That insight has inspired researchers studying the large language models that power chatbots like ChatGPT.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
Other elements of the effort: The chatbot is unavailable to students younger than 13.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s chief product officer of responsible AI, unveiled new protections to prevent hackers from tricking AI chatbots created using the company’s Azure AI Studio into breaking its own safety guardrails.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
In some cases, AI chatbots churn out instructions with ingredients that don't even exist.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
Other companies with their own language models are trending towards charging a fee for their chatbots.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
While the chatbot began making up jokes about Jeff Bezos, Amazon rolled it out to select users.
—Emilia David, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2024
The company is reportedly interested in licensing and building Google’s Gemini AI engine, which includes chatbots and other AI tools, into upcoming iPhones and its iOS 18 features.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
That insight has inspired researchers studying the large language models that power chatbots like ChatGPT.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
Other elements of the effort: The chatbot is unavailable to students younger than 13.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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