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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Over the following months, Lines’ relationship with the chatbot grew deeper. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 2 July 2026 Multiple lawsuits have alleged that AI chatbots contributed to teen suicides. — Ryan McBain, STAT, 2 July 2026 Squeezing a few extra dollars out of consumers by adding tiered subscriptions to Instagram and charging power users of its chatbot wasn’t going to be enough. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 July 2026 Not one word about Alexa, Android, chatbots, Kindle, satellite radio, Siri or Flock cameras. — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 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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