chatbot

noun

1. (Internet)A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

   “The chatbot was quite simple yet informative.”

   “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.”

   “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.””

   “Chatbot technology, of course, dates back to Weizenbaum’s early experiments with his Eliza program.”

   “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.”