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4 sourced facts about chatbots and AI bots, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer1966
Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum published ELIZA, one of the very first chatbots, in 1966 — six decades before today's AI assistants.
Source: Wikipedia (Chatbot) (2023) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 80%
In 2016, about 80% of businesses surveyed said they planned to have a chatbot in place by 2020, showing how quickly expectations were rising.
Source: Wikipedia (Chatbot) (2016) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 2 months
ChatGPT hit 100 million monthly active users within roughly 2 months of launch, making it the fastest-growing consumer app at the time.
Source: Wikipedia (ChatGPT) (2023) en.wikipedia.org
Answer100,000 bots
Facebook Messenger bots exploded from 30,000 in their first six months to 100,000 by September 2017, as businesses rushed to build them.
Source: Wikipedia (Chatbot) (2017) en.wikipedia.org