chatbot

noun

chat·​bot ˈchat-ˌbät How to pronounce chatbot (audio)
variants or less commonly chat bot
plural chatbots also chat bots
: 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
When AI chatbots use human-like language, people naturally respond to them as thinking, feeling, social beings.—Mike Elgan
People are offloading all kinds of tasks to chat bots to "save time" and "maximize productivity."—Jen Zoratti

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Tempus Labs, Eric Lefkofsky’s health technology company, rebranded as Tempus AI in December 2023, about a year after OpenAI released its viral ChatGPT model as a chatbot. — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 So that’s the first problem, likely driven by more consumers using AI chatbots to find answers. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026 An economic model to forecast what a market or a buyer is likely to do, which cannot be faked by a chatbot with a confident tone. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026 The rules ban companion chatbots and require parental opt-in — not just an opt-out option — for direct student use of AI tools. — Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chatbot

Word History

Etymology

chat entry 1 + bot entry 1

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

noun
chat·​bot ˈchat-ˌbät How to pronounce chatbot (audio)
: a bot that is designed to converse with human beings
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