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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Andrew Williams

What are AI chatbots? A bluffer’s guide to the technology changing the world

A lot of people are excited about artificial intelligence (AI). A lot of people are upset, worried or angry about AI. If you find yourself stuck in the middle and not sure how to feel, it’s probably a good sign about how you spend your time.

However, these conversations are going to be unavoidable. Friends will bring up AI chatbots down the pub. Your relatives will be talking about such things at Christmas, assuming the AI apocalypse hasn’t kicked in by then. So here’s a primer on the current state of affairs.

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