chatbot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chatbot
First recorded in 1990–95; chat ( def. ) + bot 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Anthropic has boasted that its popular coding tool and chatbot Claude is capable of working on its own for seven hours without a break, external, essentially a full corporate workday.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The FT also reported that a member of staff at Gloucestershire Police was dismissed after bypassing safeguards to use an AI chatbot for police-related work "on numerous occasions".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
SpaceX’s additional compute capacity will go toward developing its Grok chatbot and AI software tools as it prepares to close its acquisition of AI coding platform Cursor, Musk added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Unified hired to provide an artificial intelligence chatbot named Ed, which was touted as a tool that would revolutionize school-to-family interactions and students’ academic experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Altman initially staked the growth of the business on ChatGPT, betting that more people would subscribe to the chatbot as AI became a bigger part of their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
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