bots

[bots]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.

bots

/ bɒts /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a digestive disease of horses and some other animals caused by the presence of botfly larvae in the stomach

Word History and Origins

Origin of bots¹

First recorded in 1780–90; plural of bot ²; -s ³

Example Sentences

Already Walmart has built chat bots, which it calls “agents,” for customers, suppliers and workers.

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OpenAI plans to use the AMD chips for inference functions, or the computations that allow AI applications such as chat bots to respond to user queries.

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As part of the deal, IBM will also produce a guide that helps businesses build and expand their use of AI agents, the bots that can independently perform tasks.

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It isn’t just television news that is being cloned by bots.

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Currently, multiple companies such as Serve, Coco and Starship operate robots in various parts of metropolitan Los Angeles with plans for more bots underway.

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