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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All of Google’s products have been getting more AI features, including Chrome, which now offers split-screen Gemini chatbot support, the ability to automate web browsing, and more.
—ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Now CPUs are back in the spotlight as momentum shifts from chatbots to AI agents.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 8 May 2026
The chatbots then walked back some of their original conclusions, with Claude specifically noting that its original planning horizon was too short.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The thirty-five-year-old New York State assemblyman Alex Bores, a candidate in the pullulating Democratic primary for New York’s Twelfth Congressional District, opted instead to enlist a chatbot.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
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ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Now CPUs are back in the spotlight as momentum shifts from chatbots to AI agents.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 8 May 2026
The chatbots then walked back some of their original conclusions, with Claude specifically noting that its original planning horizon was too short.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The thirty-five-year-old New York State assemblyman Alex Bores, a candidate in the pullulating Democratic primary for New York’s Twelfth Congressional District, opted instead to enlist a chatbot.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 9 May. 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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