Pandorabots

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Pandorabots, Inc. is an artificial intelligence company that runs a web service for building and deploying chatbots. [1] Pandorabots implements and supports development of the Artificial Intelligence Markup Language [2] and makes portions of its code accessible for free. [3] [4] The Pandorabots Platform is "one of the oldest and largest chatbot hosting services in the world", [5] allowing creation of virtual agents to hold human-like text or voice chats with consumers. [6] [7] The platform is written in Allegro Common LISP. [8]

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Use Cases

Common use cases include advertising, virtual assistance, e-learning, entertainment and education. [9] The platform has also been used by academics and universities use the platform for teaching and research. [10] [11]

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References

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