Chatbot
What is a Chatbot?
A chatbot is a computer program designed to simulate conversation with human users, especially over the Internet. Chatbots are often used in online customer service to quickly answer frequently asked questions, or to help customers complete tasks like booking a flight or making a purchase. Chatbots can be integrated into messaging apps, mobile apps, or websites and are often designed to be conversational, with the aim of providing a more natural, human-like interaction. Chatbots can be trained to recognize and respond to specific inputs, or they can be programmed to use artificial intelligence techniques to understand and respond to more complex inputs.- Snippet from Wikipedia: Chatbot
A chatbot (originally chatterbot) is a software application that aims to mimic human conversation through text or voice interactions, typically online. The term "ChatterBot" was coined by Michael Mauldin (creator of the first Verbot) in 1994 to describe conversational programs. Modern chatbots are artificial intelligence (AI) systems that are capable of maintaining a conversation with a user in natural language and simulating the way a human would behave as a conversational partner. Such technologies often utilize aspects of deep learning and natural language processing.
Recently this field has gained widespread attention due to the popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT, followed by alternatives such as Microsoft's Bing Chat (which uses OpenAI's GPT-4) and Google's Bard. Such examples reflect the recent practice of such products being built based upon broad foundational large language models that get fine-tuned so as to target specific tasks or applications (i.e. simulating human conversation, in the case of chatbots). Chatbots can also be designed or customized to further target even more specific situations and/or particular subject-matter domains.
A major area where chatbots have long been used is in customer service and support, such as with various sorts of virtual assistants. Recently, companies spanning various industries have begun using the latest generative artificial intelligence technologies to power more advanced developments in such areas.
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External links:
- Why Conversational AI Is So Much More Than a Chatbot — cmswire.com
- What is a chatbot?|Oracle — oracle.com
- What is a Chatbot and Why is it Important? — techtarget.com