chatbot

American

[chat-bot] / ˈtʃætˌbɒt /

noun

Digital Technology.

a computer program designed to respond with conversational or informational replies to verbal or written messages from users.

chatbot British

/ ˈtʃætˌbɒt /

noun

a computer program in the form of a virtual e-mail correspondent that can reply to messages from computer users

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Etymology

Origin of chatbot

First recorded in 1990–95; chat ( def. ) + bot ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Tesla has also integrated xAI’s Grok chatbot into its electric vehicles and humanoid robots.

From MarketWatch

Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude, added new functions for legal users of its Cowork assistant on GitHub, a platform where developers can share their software.

From The Wall Street Journal

SpaceX on Monday confirmed the deal to acquire xAI, a smaller firm known for its Grok chatbot, posting a memo from Musk about the merger on its website.

From BBC

Last August, Adam Thomas found himself wandering the dunes of Christmas Valley, Oregon, after a chatbot kept suggesting he mystically “follow the pattern” of his own consciousness.

From Slate

Thomas was running on very little sleep—he’d been talking to his chatbot around the clock for months by that point, asking it to help improve his life.

From Slate

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