Chatbots have existed since ELIZA (1966), but the 2022 ChatGPT launch redefined the category. Modern chatbots are LLMs wrapped in a chat UI, sometimes augmented with tools (web search, code execution, RAG over docs), memory across conversations, and personas. Use cases: general assistance (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), customer support (Intercom Fin, Zendesk AI), companion (Replika, Character.AI), task-specific (Suno for music chat, Cursor for code chat). The category split in 2025-2026 into 'frontier model chatbots' (the big three) and 'verticalized chatbots' (specialized for one domain), with the latter often outperforming the former on their narrow tasks.
מילון
מה זה Chatbot?
An AI-powered conversational interface — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, customer support bots, and assistants — built on LLMs in modern usage.
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LLM (Large Language Model)
An AI system trained on massive text datasets to predict and generate human-like text — the technology behind ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and most modern AI chatbots.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's flagship chatbot, launched November 2022. The product that brought conversational AI to the mainstream — now serving 200M+ weekly active users.
Claude
Anthropic's chatbot, often considered the strongest LLM for reasoning, code, and long-form writing in 2026. Built with a constitutional AI safety approach.
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