Hacker News with Generative AI: Chatbots

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 2 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 6 days ago | 4 comments
Chatbots-Are-AI-Antipatterns (hello-jp.net)
Chatbots are AI anti-patterns!
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots
49 points by jpoersc 8 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 9 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 10 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 12 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 13 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 15 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 23 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 26 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 27 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 29 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 35 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 43 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 46 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 48 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 51 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 56 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 56 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 58 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 61 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 62 days ago | 2 comments
ChatGPT Gov: OpenAI launches chatbot for US Government agencies (usatoday.com)
OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence research company behind the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, has launched a new venture specifically for use by the U.S. government, it announced Tuesday.
Artificial Intelligence, Government, OpenAI, Chatbots
8 points by gmays 62 days ago | 1 comments
We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square (theguardian.com)
The launch of a new chatbot by Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek triggered a plunge in US tech stocks as it appeared to perform as well as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI models, but using fewer resources.
Artificial Intelligence, China, Chatbots, Generative AI, Technology
8 points by namanyayg 65 days ago | 3 comments
Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek censors itself in realtime, users report (theguardian.com)
Users experimenting with DeepSeek have seen the Chinese AI chatbot reply and then censor itself in real time, providing an arresting insight into its control of information and opinion.
AI, Censorship, China, Chatbots
5 points by c420 65 days ago | 1 comments
DeepSeek overtakes ChatGPT to top app charts (bbc.com)
Shares in major US technology firms have fallen steeply in value after the sudden emergence of a low-cost chatbot built by a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm.
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Technology, Business
5 points by k1m 67 days ago | 1 comments
Budget AI Model DeepSeek Overtakes ChatGPT on App Store (macrumors.com)
A new China-based AI chatbot challenger called DeepSeek has reached the number one position on Apple's App Store free charts in multiple countries, including the US, raising questions about Silicon Valley's perceived leadership in artificial intelligence development.
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Mobile Apps, Competition
7 points by mcraiha 67 days ago | 1 comments
Chatbox: Cross-platform desktop client for ChatGPT, Claude and other LLMs (github.com/Bin-Huang)
Your Ultimate AI Copilot on the Desktop. Chatbox is a desktop client for ChatGPT, Claude and other LLMs, available on Windows, Mac, Linux
Chatbots, Software, Cross-Platform, AI
110 points by thunderbong 72 days ago | 23 comments
Show HN: Chat with multiple LLMs: o1-high-effort, Sonnet 3.5, GPT-4o, and more (polychat.co)
AI, Chatbots, Generative AI, Software
62 points by cr4zy 72 days ago | 33 comments
Observations from improving a RAG chatbot from useless to amazing (boliv.substack.com)
Everyone is building chatbots, riding the current AI wave that will undoubtedly crash if not crashing already. However, because we are in an industry where hype trumps literally everything else, if you’re not building with AI, you’re just being left behind and risk being forgotten or at least surpassed by direct competitors who do leverage it.
Chatbots, Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Business
5 points by brunooliv 74 days ago | 0 comments