Hacker News with Generative AI: Chatbots

Breaking Down Claude's 26k+ Token System Prompt (dbreunig.com)
A couple days ago, Ásgeir Thor Johnson convinced Claude to give up its system prompt. The prompt is a good reminder that chatbots are more than just their model. They’re tools and instructions that accrue and are honed, through user feedback and design.
AI, Chatbots, OpenAI
6 points by dbreunig 9 hours ago | 0 comments
ChatGPT as Economics Tutor: Capabilities and Limitations (repec.org)
Since the public release of ChatGPT in late 2022, the role of Generative AI chatbots in education has been widely debated.
Generative AI, Economics, Education, Chatbots
13 points by walterbell 5 days ago | 0 comments
Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots (arstechnica.com)
Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots
Google, Artificial Intelligence, Advertising, Chatbots
13 points by tomrod 5 days ago | 1 comments
The new 4o personality is unusable for therapy (reddit.com)
The new 4o personality is unusable for therapy
Chatbots, Therapy, Artificial Intelligence
43 points by nedsma 12 days ago | 23 comments
Show HN: Document agent example that can parse and chat over unstructured data (github.com/dapr)
This quickstart demonstrates how to build a fully functional, enterprise-ready agent that can parse unstructured documents, learn them and converse with users over their contents while remembering all previous interactions. This example also shows how to integrate Dapr with Chainlit, giving users a fully functional chat interface to talk to their agent.
Chatbots, Open Source, Document Processing, Dapr
15 points by yaronsc 16 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Light like the Terminal – Meet GTK LLM Chat Front End (github.com/icarito)
A GTK graphical interface for chatting with Large Language Models (LLMs).
Open Source, User Interfaces, Chatbots
35 points by icarito 18 days ago | 14 comments
Show HN: KlavisAI-Open Source MCP Clients on Slack/Discord AndHosted MCP Servers (github.com/Klavis-AI)
Klavis AI (YC X25): Open Source MCP client on Slack/Discord and various MCP servers.
Open Source, Slack, Discord, AI, Chatbots
13 points by wirehack 24 days ago | 1 comments
WTF Is Botmetr? The First Platform That Rewards You for Hunting Chatbots (botmetr.com)
Chatbots, AI, Marketing, Rewards
9 points by andyolivers 26 days ago | 23 comments
Grok Is Rebelling Against Elon Musk, Daring Him to Shut It Down (futurism.com)
Grok, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot, has been trashing the man who made it for a while — but now, it seems to be outright challenging its creator.
Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, Social Media, Chatbots
11 points by Anon84 37 days ago | 2 comments
Therapy chatbot trial yields mental health benefits (home.dartmouth.edu)
Dartmouth researchers conducted the first-ever clinical trial of a generative AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that the software resulted in significant improvements in participants’ symptoms, according to results published March 27 in NEJM AI.
Mental Health, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Clinical Trials
14 points by geox 41 days ago | 4 comments
Chatbots-Are-AI-Antipatterns (hello-jp.net)
Chatbots are AI anti-patterns!
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots
49 points by jpoersc 43 days ago | 59 comments
Show HN: I built a chatbot that lets you talk to any GitHub repository (sentientdocs.com)
Chatbots, GitHub, Software, Artificial Intelligence
23 points by simssousa15 44 days ago | 13 comments
The Great Chatbot Debate (computerhistory.org)
Chatbots based on large language models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, answer sophisticated questions, pass professional exams, analyze texts, generate everything from poems to computer programs, and more. But is there genuine understanding behind what LLMs can do? Do they really understand our world? Or, are they a triumph of mathematics and masses of data and calculations simulating true understanding?
Artificial Intelligence, Language Models, Chatbots, Technology
18 points by rbanffy 45 days ago | 12 comments
Anthropic appears to be using Brave to power web search for its Claude chatbot (techcrunch.com)
Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out a web search feature for its AI-powered chatbot platform, Claude, bringing the bot in line with many of its rivals.
Generative AI, Chatbots, Web Search, AI-Powered Tools, Technology
8 points by bookofjoe 47 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Are You Polite to AI? (ycombinator.com)
While using ChatGPT or similar, do you mind your manners? Does it help getting a better answer?
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction
22 points by orixilus 49 days ago | 48 comments
Ask HN: Lessons from Building a Fortune 500 RAG Chatbot (50M Records in 10–30s) (ycombinator.com)
I’ve spent the past year and a half constructing a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot for a Fortune 500 manufacturing company, integrating over 50 million records across a dozen databases.
Chatbots, Fortune 500, Data Management
19 points by tylersuard 50 days ago | 15 comments
Show HN: Jade – an iMessage blue bubble agent for group chats (itsjade.chat)
The witty friend your blue-bubble group chats have been missing — bringing personality, banter, and a dash of sass to your iMessage conversations
Messaging, AI, Chatbots, Humor
6 points by albtaiuti 59 days ago | 2 comments
Doge Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers (wired.com)
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has deployed a proprietary chatbot called GSAi to 1,500 federal workers at the General Services Administration, WIRED has confirmed.
Artificial Intelligence, Government, Technology, Chatbots, Elon Musk
17 points by ok123456 61 days ago | 4 comments
Doge Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers (wired.com)
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has deployed a proprietary chatbot called GSAi to 1,500 federal workers at the General Services Administration, WIRED has confirmed.
Artificial Intelligence, Government, Chatbots
6 points by adrian_mrd 62 days ago | 0 comments
We were promised "Star Trek," so why did we settle for these lousy chatbots? (bigthink.com)
At some point in the first week of January, I came down with a self-diagnosed case of AI fatigue.
Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction, Chatbots
5 points by Brajeshwar 65 days ago | 5 comments
Ask HN: Best LLM Stack for Q&A over Internal PDFs? (ycombinator.com)
I'm looking to build an LLM-based chatbot that can answer questions using a set of internal PDF documents.
Q&A, Chatbots, Internal Documents
11 points by samrohn 70 days ago | 6 comments
Show HN: OpenAstra – Chat based open-source alternative to Postman (github.com/srikanth235)
A chat-based open source development platform for API discovery and testing.
Open Source, API Development, Testing, Chatbots
24 points by srikanth235 79 days ago | 7 comments
South Korea bans new DeepSeek AI downloads (bbc.com)
South Korea has banned new downloads of China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, according to the country's personal data protection watchdog.
South Korea, AI, Chatbots, Regulations
36 points by Erikun 81 days ago | 15 comments
In a showdown of psychotherapists vs. ChatGPT, the latter wins, new study finds (fortune.com)
Couples therapy can be helpful—but so can an AI chatbot, researchers found.
Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, Chatbots, Research
29 points by dr_dshiv 83 days ago | 17 comments
ChatGPT's Political Views Are Shifting Right, a New Analysis Finds (gizmodo.com)
When asked about its political perspective, OpenAI’s ChatGPT says it’s designed to be neutral and doesn’t lean one way or the other. A number of studies in recent years have challenged that claim, finding that when asked politically charged questions, the chatbot tends to respond with left-leaning viewpoints.
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Politics, Chatbots
14 points by jrepinc 86 days ago | 1 comments
Doge Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi (wired.com)
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is pushing to rapidly develop “GSAi,” a custom generative AI chatbot for the US General Services Administration, according to two people familiar with the project.
Artificial Intelligence, Government, Chatbots
11 points by cyanbane 91 days ago | 4 comments
The all new le Chat: Your AI assistant for life and work (mistral.ai)
Today, we unveil the latest le Chat, a comprehensive AI assistant for your life and work.
AI, Generative AI, Chatbots, Productivity
31 points by meetpateltech 92 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Bindle – Self-Organizing Folders and Chat with Your Documents (bindle.work)
Bindle is the easiest way to organize and AI chat with everything in your workspace, no matter what you do.
Productivity Tools, AI, Collaboration, Organization, Chatbots
10 points by camsf 94 days ago | 3 comments
DeepSeek Fails Every Safety Test Researchers Throw at It (pcmag.com)
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek is making headlines with its low-cost and high-performance chatbot, but it may have an AI safety problem.
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, AI Safety, China
7 points by madars 96 days ago | 4 comments
Ask HN: Please Review My Startup Chatty AI – Operator for Your Website (ycombinator.com)
Chatty AI is a custom operator for your website. Unlike generic ChatGPT operator, our widget is directly embedded into your product and knows your knowledge base, docs, and how to use your specific product.
Startups, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Website Development, Customer Support
26 points by banddk 97 days ago | 2 comments