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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Rather, chatbots are trained on data largely from the internet — which is full of angst and weird sci-fi ideas.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
The startup xAI, which Musk founded in 2023 and chairs as the chief executive, is best known as the maker of the Grok chatbot.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Traditional keyword searching has sputtered as AI and chatbots gain popularity, causing many companies who built entire business models on old school SEO monetization to buckle under.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
In addition to Alexa, Amazon has invested heavily in building out its shopping chatbot, called Rufus, which sits in its e-commerce app and uses a custom internal model to answer queries.
—Ashley Capoot,kate Rooney,annie Palmer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
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John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
The startup xAI, which Musk founded in 2023 and chairs as the chief executive, is best known as the maker of the Grok chatbot.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Traditional keyword searching has sputtered as AI and chatbots gain popularity, causing many companies who built entire business models on old school SEO monetization to buckle under.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
In addition to Alexa, Amazon has invested heavily in building out its shopping chatbot, called Rufus, which sits in its e-commerce app and uses a custom internal model to answer queries.
—Ashley Capoot,kate Rooney,annie Palmer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 8 Feb. 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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