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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. )

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There were too many times where it was clear a chatbot had been used, including “copy-pasted replies that still had the Claude sentence, ‘Should I make that more concise?’” says Spexard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Columnist Jamie Waters was surprised when his parents became obsessed with Claude, the chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Johnson also asked a chatbot which Medicare Advantage plan serving her county in Virginia had the most complaints.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

While I’d sooner take life advice from my golden retriever than a chatbot, my parents aligned with their contemporaries in treating Claude as a Google substitute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

SpaceX also plans to expand the AI infrastructure powering its Grok chatbot and related services using Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform, according to Nvidia.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

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