Pandorabots

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Pandorabots, Inc. is an artificial intelligence company that runs a web service for building and deploying chatbots. [1] According to its website, as of May 2019, 250,000+ registered developers have accessed the platform to create 300,000+ chatbots, logging over sixty billion conversational interactions with end-usersmonthly. [2] Pandorabots implements and supports development of the AIML open standard [3] and makes portions of its code accessible for free [4] under licenses like the GPL or via open APIs. [5] The Pandorabots Platform is "one of the oldest and largest chatbot hosting services in the world." [6] Clients can create "AI-driven virtual agents" to hold human-like text or voice chats with consumers. [7] [8]

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Technology and Products

Pandorabots provides API access to its chatbot hosting platform, and offers the following SDKs on GitHub: Java, Ruby, Go, PHP, Python, and Node.js. [9] The platform is written in Allegro Common LISP. [10] Notable chatbots include A.L.I.C.E. (Alicebot): a three time Loebner-winner, [11] open-source base personality bot, and inspiration for the movie Her; [12] and Mitsuku. [13]

Use Cases

Common use cases include advertising, virtual assistance, e-learning, entertainment and education. [14] Chatbots built and hosted with Pandorabots appear in messaging and native apps, the web, games, social networks, and connected devices. [15] Academics and universities use the platform for teaching and research. [16] [17]

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References

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