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Tay

chatterbot made by Microsoft
Thing Chatbot Q23518144

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
chatbot
Inception
March 23, 2016[5]
Followed by
Zo[2]
Developer
Microsoft Research[4]
Discontinuation date
March 30, 2016[7]
Manufacturer
Microsoft[3]
Social media followers
101k (101k–120k, n=4)[8][9][10][11]
Uses
conversational AI[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tay en Tay.ai ar تاي fa تای he טאי (צ'טבוט) ko 테이 ru Tay (чатбот)
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Facebook username
thatbasicbot
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11cmcy6701
Know Your Meme slug
tay-ai
X (Twitter) username
TayandYou

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🔗 Connections
Developer 1
Microsoft Research
Followed by 1
Zo
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Zo
Instance of 1
chatbot
Manufacturer 1
Microsoft
Uses 1
conversational AI
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Tay was established on March 23, 2016 [1].

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  4. [5] ↑ . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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