Tay

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Tay was established on March 23, 2016 [1].

Tay

Summary

Tay is a chatbot[1]. Tay draws 531 Wikipedia views per month (chatbot category, ranking #9 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tay's instance of is recorded as chatbot[3].
  • Tay's followed by is recorded as Zo[4].
  • Tay's manufacturer is recorded as Microsoft[5].
  • Tay's developer is recorded as Microsoft Research[6].
  • +2016-03-23T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tay[7].
  • Tay's X is recorded as TayandYou[8].
  • Tay's Facebook username is recorded as thatbasicbot[9].
  • Tay's uses is recorded as conversational AI[10].
  • Tay's discontinuation date is recorded as +2016-03-30T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Tay's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11cmcy6701[12].
  • Tay's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+113102'}[13].
  • Tay's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+120032'}[14].
  • Tay's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+105963'}[15].
  • Tay's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+101046'}[16].
  • Tay's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as tay-ai[17].

Why It Matters

Tay draws 531 Wikipedia views per month (chatbot category, ranking #9 of 21).[2] Tay has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Know Your Meme. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Tay. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tay
MLA “Tay.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tay.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tay_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tay}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tay}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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