Hutto launches AI chatbot ‘HippoBOT’ to improve city, resident communication

On Wednesday, the city of Hutto launched an artificial intelligence web chat assistant built to improve customer service and ...

Can AI chatbots replace college counselors for the kids that need it most?

Skeptics caution that artificial intelligence can not replicate the empathy and personalized support of a human counselor.

Beyond the chatbot: At GeekWire summit, AI leaders say the era of autonomous agents is already here

The debate over whether AI will transform industries is over.

Chat, Code, Claw: What Happens When AI Agents Work in Teams

Recent AI progress can be divided into roughly three phases. First we had chatbots, designed to converse. Then, those ...

Seeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot.

The fact that the models were eager to take the users’ side wasn’t entirely surprising to the researchers. Obedient, almost ...

Hutto rolls out HippoBOT, a 24/7 AI chatbot for city services and issue reports

The City of Hutto is getting a new AI chatbot to assist users on the city's website.HippoBOT is a new, fully integrated web ...

N.B. government unveils new AI chatbot for tourists, but not without errors

Experimenting with Explora in its first few days of operation, CBC News found dozens of factual errors.