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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OpenAI is reportedly considering taking legal action against the iPhone maker over Apple’s integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot within its Siri virtual assistant.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 15 May 2026
And on the consumer side, the AI allows readers to raise or lower the reading level, ask the chatbot follow-up questions, and grab definitions on unknown phrases.
—Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Musk alleged that the deal integrating ChatGPT into Apple products violated antitrust and unfair competition laws, supposedly propping up OpenAI to dominate the chatbot market and Apple the smartphone market.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
How good is financial advice from a chatbot?
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 15 May 2026
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 15 May 2026
And on the consumer side, the AI allows readers to raise or lower the reading level, ask the chatbot follow-up questions, and grab definitions on unknown phrases.
—Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Musk alleged that the deal integrating ChatGPT into Apple products violated antitrust and unfair competition laws, supposedly propping up OpenAI to dominate the chatbot market and Apple the smartphone market.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
How good is financial advice from a chatbot?
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 15 May 2026
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 16 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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