chatbot
noun
chat·bot
ˈchat-ˌbät 
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
Dalvin BrownThe 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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At first glance, this seems like a substantial blow against authors and publishers, who worry that chatbots threaten their business, both because of the technology’s ability to summarize their work and its ability to produce competing work that might eat into their market.
—Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
But similar chatbots from ByteDance and Tencent have since crowded the market, while tech giant Baidu has revamped its core search engine with AI tools.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 14 July 2025
New research compares chatbots to human agents in customer service
To better understand how people really interact with chatbots and human agents, researcher Vivek Astvansh partnered with a large North American retailer and analyzed more than 500,000 customer service chats.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
People are forming strong emotional bonds with chatbots, sometimes exacerbating feelings of loneliness.
—Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
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Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
But similar chatbots from ByteDance and Tencent have since crowded the market, while tech giant Baidu has revamped its core search engine with AI tools.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 14 July 2025
New research compares chatbots to human agents in customer service
To better understand how people really interact with chatbots and human agents, researcher Vivek Astvansh partnered with a large North American retailer and analyzed more than 500,000 customer service chats.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
People are forming strong emotional bonds with chatbots, sometimes exacerbating feelings of loneliness.
—Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
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“Chatbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chatbot. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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