List of chatbots
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A chatbot is a software application or web interface that is designed to mimic human conversation through text or voice interactions.[1][2] Modern chatbots are typically online and use generative 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 chatbots often use large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing, but simpler chatbots have existed for decades.
LLM chatbots
- Entries in this column may or may not be accurate, as chatbots often employ multiple underlying models, which change over time.
- Chatbots may be licensed differently from their underlying models. For the licenses of models used by chatbots, see List of large language models.
General chatbots
- Chatbots may be licensed differently from their underlying models. For the licenses of models used by chatbots, see List of large language models.
Historical chatbots
| Chatbot | Developer | Released | Discontinued | Platform | Technology | License | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert One | Robby Garner | 1995 | June 2005 | The Internet | Based on a multi-faceted approach in natural-language programming | ? | 1998 and 1999 Loebner Prize winner designed to mimic the way humans make conversations |
| Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity | Richard Wallace | 1995-11-23[28] | 2013-10-15 | ? | AIML | Open-source software[29] | Three-time Loebner Prize winner |
| Assistant | Speaktoit | 2011-03-01 | 2016-12-15 | Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Windows 10, ChromeOS | ? | ? | A virtual assistant acquired by Google, unrelated to the Google Assistant |
| Charlix | ? | 2006-04-17 | 2010-03-03[30][non-primary source needed] | Linux | Based on Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity | Open-source software | Desktop virtual assistant |
| Cortana | Microsoft | 2014-04-02 | 2023-08-11 | Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, Xbox OS | Tellme Networks, Satori, Microsoft Eva | Proprietary | A deprecated virtual assistant succeeded by Copilot; originally named after character in Xbox Halo video game |
| Dr. Sbaitso | Creative Labs | 1991-06 or earlier[31] | ? | MS-DOS | Speech synthesis | ? | Initially released in Singapore |
| ELIZA | Joseph Weizenbaum[32][33] | 1964 | 1967 (stopped development)[34] | ? | Pattern matching, MAD-SLIP, lisp-like representation[35] | ? | Developed at MIT |
| Eugene Goostman | Vladimir Veselov, Eugene Demchenko, Sergey Ulasen[36][37] | 2001 | 2014-06-07 | ? | ? | ? | 2012 Turing 100 and 2014 Royal Society Turing test winner some regard as having passed the Turing test |
| Evi | True Knowledge | 2012–10 | 2014-01-23 | iOS, Android | ? | ? | Virtual assistant |
| Fred | Robby Garner | 1997-12-01 or earlier[38] | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| GooglyMinotaur | ActiveBuddy (under contract by Capitol Records) | 2001–06 | 2002-03-24 | AIM | ? | ? | ActiveBuddy's first offering,[39][40] specializing in Radiohead-related information[41] |
| Infobot | Kevin Lenzo | 1995–06 | ? | IRC | Perl, factoids | Artistic License | An IRC bot primarily designed to assist with answering FAQs in channels such as #perl[42] |
| Jeeney AI | C.J. Jones | 2007-02[43] | 2010 | ? | ? | ? | 2009 Chatterbox Challenge winner[44] |
| Mark V Shaney | Rob Pike, Bruce Ellis, Don P. Mitchell | 1981 | ? | Usenet | Markov chain techniques | ? | A synthetic user whose postings in the net.singles newsgroups were generated based on text from other postings |
| Mycroft | Mycroft team | 2015-11-17 | 2023-01-31 | Linux | ? | Apache License[45] | Virtual assistant |
| PARRY | Kenneth Colby | 1972 | ? | ? | ? | ? | An early example of a chatbot |
| Racter | Mindscape (publisher) | 1984 | ? | IBM PC compatibles, Apple II, Mac, Amiga | ? | ? | Was able to generate English-language prose at random[46] |
| SmarterChild | ActiveBuddy | 2001–06 | 2006-10-12 | AIM, Windows Live Messenger | ? | ? | The second bot released by ActiveBuddy[47] |
| Sparrow | Google DeepMind | 2022–09 | 2023-01-12 | Web app | Chinchilla | Proprietary | |
| Tay | Microsoft | 2016-03-23 | 2016-03-24 | ? | ? | Rapidly decayed into producing racist bigotry after manipulation by online trolls (from 4chan and 8chan); suspended after 16 hours[48][49] | |
| Verbot | Avaya | 1997 | 2012 (early in the year) | Microsoft Windows, web app | ? | ? | An artificial intelligence software development kit[50] |
| Viv | Viv Labs, Inc. (subsidiary of Samsung Electronics) | 2016-05-09 | 2017-10-18 | iOS, Android | Integrated into Bixby 2.0 | ? | Virtual assistant |
See also
- Cursor (code editor) — Fork of VS Code with additional AI features
- J.A.R.V.I.S. — AI from Iron Man
- List of AI-assisted software development tools
- List of large language models
- List of artificial intelligence companies
- OpenClaw — Agentic AI native desktop application that performs actions on a user's computer
- OpenRouter
- The Pile (dataset), public data used to train many research models