chatbot

noun

chat·​bot ˈchat-ˌbät How to pronounce chatbot (audio)
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
The 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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More than just chatbots, these tools are designed to plan, execute and assist across multiple domains. Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 YouTube remains a key pillar of Google’s business at a time when its core moneymaker, Search, is facing new pressure from the rise of artificial intelligence chatbots, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, and the company comes under fire from U.S. regulators pursuing antitrust cases. Zach Vallese, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025 But compared with computers or even web browsers, chatbots are very easy to switch among—just open a new tab and type in a different URL. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025 Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS NEW ERA OF BULLYING – Teens now using chatbots to create and spread malicious photos of classmates. FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chatbot

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First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chatbot was in 1994

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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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chatbot

noun
chat·​bot
ˈchat-ˌbät
: a bot that is designed to converse with human beings
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