Hacker News with Generative AI: Chatbots

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 1 day 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 7 days ago | 5 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 15 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 18 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 20 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 23 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 28 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 29 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 30 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 33 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 34 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 34 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 37 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 37 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 39 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 39 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 44 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 44 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 46 days ago | 0 comments
ELIZA Reanimated (arxiv.org)
ELIZA, created by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT in the early 1960s, is usually considered the world's first chatbot.
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots
59 points by soheilpro 48 days ago | 18 comments
FTC Statement in the Matter of Snap, Inc.'s AI Chatbot [pdf] (ftc.gov)
FTC, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Privacy, Regulation
4 points by impish9208 49 days ago | 0 comments
She Is in Love with ChatGPT (nytimes.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Language Models, Chatbots, Love, Human-Computer Interaction
16 points by jbegley 51 days ago | 8 comments
X is testing a standalone app for Grok, its AI chatbot (twitter.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Mobile Apps, Social Media
8 points by jmsflknr 60 days ago | 2 comments
Kotaemon: An open-source RAG-based tool for chatting with your documents (github.com/Cinnamon)
An open-source clean & customizable RAG UI for chatting with your documents. Built with both end users and developers in mind.
Open Source, Chatbots, Document Search
191 points by miles 64 days ago | 14 comments
Show HN: Chorus, a Mac app that lets you chat with a bunch of AIs at once (melty.sh)
Chat with a bunch of AIs at once.
Mac Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Multitasking
139 points by Charlieholtz 67 days ago | 73 comments
DeepSeek-V3 Chat is out (deepseek.com)
New Releases, Chatbots, AI
5 points by sss111 69 days ago | 0 comments
Build Your Own AI-Powered Document Chatbot in Minutes with Simple RAG (ycombinator.com)
Build Your Own AI-Powered Document Chatbot in Minutes with Simple RAG!
AI, Chatbots, Document Processing
4 points by myrigole 72 days ago | 5 comments
Narrative Jailbreaking for Fun and Profit (interconnected.org)
A game I like to play with any AI chatbot is to persuade it to break its narrative frame.
Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Experimentation
105 points by tobr 73 days ago | 27 comments
You don't need to pay for OpenAI - Gemini 2.0 Free & More (github.com/EliasPereirah)
Orion is a web-based chat interface that simplifies interactions with multiple AI model providers.
OpenAI, AI Models, Free Software, Chatbots, Web Applications
41 points by singularis 74 days ago | 7 comments
Microsoft rejects documentation PR because AI chatbots can't display tables (github.com/MicrosoftDocs)
Microsoft, AI, Documentation, Chatbots, Tables
108 points by panic 80 days ago | 30 comments