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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Because when today’s high schoolers enter the workforce, they won’t be asked to prompt a chatbot.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The clarification comes less than 48 hours after Grok — the chatbot from Musk’s xAI that is available through his social media platform, X — began bombarding users with unfounded genocidal theories in response to queries about completely off-topic subjects.
—Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
For a few hours this week, the chatbot commented on multiple posts with thoughts about whether or not there is a white genocide in South Africa, even on unrelated posts.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
Users had noticed the chatbot was generating bizarre answers about the controversial topic on Wednesday afternoon in response to unrelated queries.
—Ashley Capoot,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 15 May 2025
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Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
The clarification comes less than 48 hours after Grok — the chatbot from Musk’s xAI that is available through his social media platform, X — began bombarding users with unfounded genocidal theories in response to queries about completely off-topic subjects.
—Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
For a few hours this week, the chatbot commented on multiple posts with thoughts about whether or not there is a white genocide in South Africa, even on unrelated posts.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
Users had noticed the chatbot was generating bizarre answers about the controversial topic on Wednesday afternoon in response to unrelated queries.
—Ashley Capoot,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 15 May 2025
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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