What Is a Chatbot?

1 min

A chatbot is an AI program built to have a conversation with you, understand what you type or say, and reply in a helpful way.

Imagine it like this: It's like having a pen pal who reads your message, thinks about it with everything they've learned, and answers you thoughtfully — except this pen pal is a computer program, and it can answer in a fraction of a second.

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