chatbot

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From chat +‎ -bot, from earlier chatterbot.

Pronunciation

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  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtʃætbɑt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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chatbot (plural chatbots)

  1. (Internet, artificial intelligence) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.
    The chatbot was quite simple yet informative.
    • 2000, Handbook on Electronic Commerce[1], Springer, →ISBN, page 59:
      To deal with a large number of typical queries, “chatbots” technology should be considered. A chatbot can be defined as an intelligent evolution of email. The chatbot categorizes messages on the fly and provides answers to questions accordingly. As such, it can be used as a customer support tool.
    • 2012, Brian Christian, The Most Human Human [] , Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 29:
      Wolfram Alpha researcher and chatbot author Robert Lockhart describes the chatbot community as being split between two competing approaches, what he calls “pure semantics” and “pure empiricism.”
    • 2015, John Markoff, Machines of Loving Grace [] , New York: Ecco Press, →ISBN, page 221:
      Chatbot technology, of course, dates back to Weizenbaum’s early experiments with his Eliza program.
    • 2023 January 16, Kalley Huang, “Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      Mr. Aumann confronted his student over whether he had written the essay himself. The student confessed to using ChatGPT, a chatbot that delivers information, explains concepts and generates ideas in simple sentences — and, in this case, had written the paper.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From English chatbot; equivalent to chatten +‎ bot.

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chatbot m (plural chatbots or chatbotten, diminutive chatbotje n)

  1. chatbot
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English chatbot.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈbɔ.t͡ʃi/, /ʃat͡ʃˈbɔt͡ʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃat͡ʃˈbɔt͡ʃ/, /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈbɔ.t͡ʃi/
 

Noun

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chatbot m (plural chatbots)

  1. chatbot

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English chatbot.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃadˈbot/ [t͡ʃað̞ˈβ̞ot̪]
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: chat‧bot

Noun

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chatbot m (plural chatbots)

  1. chatbot