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May 7, 2008 - For the second year in a row Bildgesmythe wins Gold and is the 2008 Chatterbox Challenge Champion. A list
of all the winners can be found in the "History" link above.
May 6, 2007 - Bildgesmythe wins Gold and is the 2007 Chatterbox Challenge Champion. A list
of all the winners can be found in the "History" link above.
March 16, 2007 - The 2007 CBC is now underway with over
40 bots participating from all over the world.
January 13, 2007 - It's unfortunate that two of our
botmasters from last years contest Bob Norris and William Wynn have attempted to sabotage the contest. At end of the 2006 contest Bob posted in the
Robitron forum such nonsense of how the contest was a scam and how the judging was rigged. I along with other botmasters responded
to his unflattering remarks at the time. But Bob wouldn't let it rest. Together they then proceed to use an article
we had placed on Wikipedia to help promote the contest for their own personal vendetta to slander the contest
further.
To them it was just a game with William proudly boasting:
"I'll try to register and see what he says. If I can get in I'll have some fun with him"
Too bad nobody but them were laughing at their slanderous remarks.
Oddly enough Bob Norris then has the gumption to enter this year's contest. When asked why would he want to
enter a contest he thought was rigged he replied:
"Because I have a good chance to win"
To which I replied:
"How can you possibly think you have a good chance to win when you believe the contest is rigged?" Sorry Bob but you can't have it both ways.
The CBC has had its distracters from the very beginning from various botmasters who are sore losers who didn't like the end results. Instead
of looking at the shortcomings of their own bot they attack the contest itself. However, the vast majority realize this and despite their
negative efforts the contest continues today. In short, it's really very simple. If you believe the contest is rigged then simply don't enter.
No need to go posting lies about the contest when it spoils the fun for the rest of us.
May 6, 2006 - Talk-Bot wins Gold and is the 2006 Chatterbox Challenge Champion. Brother Jerome took the Silver and Bildgesmythe the Bronze. A list
of all the winners can be found in the "History" link above.
April 30, 2006 - Alice receives the most votes in the
Online voting part of the contest. The complete results can been seen on the home page.
April 26, 2006 - Brother Jerome receives best score in the 10
question part of the contest. The top 9 scores move on to the finals. The complete results can been seen under the "Scores" link above.
February 18, 2006 - Verbots has agreed to sponsor
the 2006 Chatterbox Challenge awarding $2000 in prize money.
May 15, 2005 - New Header added to contest site created by Kevin Copple of Ella.
May 8, 2005 - Jabberwock wins Gold and is the 2005 Chatterbox Challenge Champion. Talk-Bot took the Silver and Alice the Bronze. A list
of all the winners can be found in the "History" link above.
March 30, 2005 - Bob Norris of Joan will be having another chatterbot contest in the near future. Check out his site at
World Chatterbot Challenge for all the details.
February 26, 2005 - I've added a new header for the 2005 CBC contest courtsey of Kevin Copple of Ella.
February 24, 2005 - I've added new banners for the 2005 CBC contest courtsey of Kevin Copple. Please take a few moments and place one on
your site. We all benefit by the publicity the banners can generate.
October 17, 2004 - AI Enthusiast James Livingood once again donates $2000 to sponsor the 2005 Chatterbox Challenge.
May 11, 2004 - Alice by Dr. Wallace wins 2004 Chatterbox Challenge. Elbot by
Fred Roberts takes Silver and Ella by Kevin Copple wins the Bronze. The final results are below and complete coverage is located under the heading "Results".
March 16, 2004 - The deadline for the 2004 Chatterbox Challenge has passed.
The contest is now underway. Good luck to all the participants.
December 1, 2003 - AI Enthusiast James Livingood donates $2000 to sponsor the 2004 Chatterbox Challenge.
October 18, 2003 - Jabberwock by Juergen Pirner wins 2003 Loebner Contest.
June 4, 2003 - Elbot by Fred Roberts is named the 2003 Chatterbox Challenge Champion. Talk-Bot by Wendell Cowart takes the Silver medal and Eugene by Eugene Demchenko and Vladimir Veselov wins the bronze. The final results are below and complete coverage is located under the heading "Results".
May 14, 2003 - The public voting for Zabaware's Chatterbox Challenge
has ended with Jabberwock by Juergen Pirner winning the Gold, Project Zandra by Gary Miller the Silver, and Eugene by Eugene Demchenko and Vladimir Veselov
the Bronze. For all the results to all of the categories click on the heading above labeled "Results".
April 29, 2003 - German and Austria press coverage for the contest:
http://www.wissenschaft-online.de/artikel/616084
http://www.vdi.de/vdi/news/index.php?ID=1013389
http://www.wcm.at/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4894
http://www.aon.at/jet2web/FE/LayoutTemplates/FE_Layout/0,2840,9-1-386055-0,00.html
http://www.telekom-presse.at/channel_internet/news_4840.html
http://www.gamesdesk.net/gamesdesk.php4?site=news&shownews=3646&NSID=d5876b781b943f469e59179d20b42047
http://www.oeh.ac.at/oeh/progress/104342450058/104342990860/104343117614
April 3, 2003 - Austria press coverage for the contest:
http://cybernews.t-mobile.at/hintergrund/bg-20030403-sprechroboter.html
http://www.megacard.at/story.asp?InfoID=51805&Chanel=3
http://www.oeh.ac.at/oeh/progress/104342450058/104342990860/104343117614
http://www.brainstormboard.de/board/showthread/t-54671.html
March 30, 2003 - Talk-Bot by Wendell Cowart takes Gold Medal in most Knowledgeable Category.
Eugene by Vladimir Veselov wins the Silver Medal and Project Zandra by Gary Miller wins the Bronze. The top ten bots are listed below but click here for a more detailed list:
1) Talk-Bot - Wendell Cowart
2) Eugene - Vladimir Veselov
3) Project Zandra - Gary Miller
4) Alice - Dr. Richard Wallace
5) Ada1852 - Chris Fahey
6) Jabberwock - Juergen Pirner
7) Onkwehonwehneha - Monica Lamb
8) Markbot - Mark Connell
9) Jabberwacky - Rollo Carpenter
10) Brianna McKenzie - Nicola Durran
Feburary 16, 2003 - The deadline for entering the Chatterbox Challenge has now passed. We had 88 bots entering making this the biggest chatterbot contest in the world.
January 6, 2003 - Polish press coverage for the contest:
http://info.onet.pl/621569,18,item.html
http://newsroom.chip.pl/news_52085.html
http://www.7thguard.net/news.php?id=2563
January 3, 2003 - German press coverage for the contest:
http://www.gamesdesk.net/gamesdesk.php4?site=news#3285
http://www.pc-magazin.de/common/nws/einemeldung.php?id=5554&type=0
http://www.golem.de/0301/23291.html
http://www.chip.de/news_stories/news_stories_9495596.html
http://www.doomtown.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=75
http://www1.giga.de/stories_u4/0,3204,50405,00.html
http://rheinland.de/archiv/showartikel.cfm?artikelid=6050
http://www.helden.de/pnews/index.php?shownews=486
http://www.pcspielemagazin.de/szenenewsmeldung.php?id=13098
November 15, 2002 - USA Press Release:
http://www.click2newsites.com/pressrelease16112002-06.htm
November 1, 2002 - Zabaware has agreed to sponsor "The 2003 Chatterbox Challenge". They will be awarding over $3000 in money and awards!
October 25, 2002 - The Chatterbox Challenge forms a committee to handle the operations of the 2003 contest. The committee members are:
1) Benji Adams
2) Rollo Carpenter
3) Kevin Copple
4) Wendell Cowart
5) Robert Medeksza
6) Juergen Pirner
7) Fred Roberts
October 12, 2002 - Kevin Copple's Ella wins the Loebner Contest. Congratulations! The final
results are:
1) Kevin Copple - Ella
2) Wendell Cowart - Talk-Bot
3) Joy Harwood - God Louise
4) Fred Roberts - Elbot
5) Lynn Hershman - Agent Ruby
6) Richard Wallace - Alice
7) Abe Othman - Anna
8) Vladimir Vesselov & Eugene Demchenko - Eugene
October 1, 2002 - Many chatterbots
from the Chatterbox Challenge have gone on to enter the 2002 Loebner Contest. In all 35 bots were entered and today the 8
finalist were selected. They are:
1) Kevin Copple - Ella
2) Wendell Cowart - Talk-Bot
3) Eugene Demchenko & Vladimir Veselov - Eugene
4) Joy Harwood - God Louise
5) Abe Othman - Anna
6) Fred Roberts - Elbot
7) Lynn Hershman - Agent Ruby
8) Dr Richard Wallace - Alice
June 30, 2002 - Chris
Cowart, the winner of the 2001 & 2002 Chatterbox Challenge, has available versions of both Talk-Bot
his chatroom bot and Chat-Bot his website bot. For all the details check out his website at http://www.frontiernet.net/~wcowart/sale.html.
June 26, 2002 - Juergen
Pirner reports that the CD-ROM "Robots & Artificial Intelligence" is still available from
NAUTILUS magazine - Adventure & Phantastik, which is perhaps the current
international standard work in publishing Chatterbots on CD-ROM.
The CD-ROM runs on Windows, Macintosh and Unix and has following content:
CHATTERBOTS
Included are following Chatterbots in full versions:
* ALICE (all versions incl. Java, CGI, Windows and Macintosh. For the
standard Java version there is included a special one-click installer
program for Windows, Macintosh and Unix which is only available on this
CD-ROM. Source code included)
* HeX (versions for mostly all computers. Source code included)
* MegaHal (versions for mostly all computers. Source code included)
* JFred (Source code included)
* Ella, Leo, Libba, Billy, Daisy, Claude, Dobot, Bursar, GuruBot, OmniBot, Paula, Mgonz,
Achille,Brian, Mitbolel, and MeBot.
ELIZA-Chatterbots
The classic "mother" of all modern Chatterbots is included in several
versions for Windows, DOS, Unix, Java, Javascript, Macintosh. Source code
is included. Especially there is a version of ELIZA included, named Real-Eliza, which
is done by NAUTILUS magazine as a introduction into Chatterbot technices,
which is full customizable and runs on Windows and Macintosh. Source code
is included. The "brain files" of the personalities are shareable.
DESKBOT
DeskBot is an application for Macintosh, running directly from your
desktop, watching your daily activities and talking to you. Several
extensions are included, and DeskBot is widely customizable.
RANDOM SENTENCE GENERATOR
Random Sentence Generators (RSG) can generate phrases, sayings, proverbs,
insights and insults. 5 RSG for different purposes are included, which are
written in Javascript, so they are full customizable.
FANTASY NAME AND PLOT GENERATOR
This programs can generate names and story plots by random, mostly usefull
for instance for role playing gamers or writers. 10 generators are
included which can generate heroe names, dwarfen names, halfling names,
gnome names, elvish names, city names, country names, magic artifacts and
names for inns. Additionally is included a generator which generates short
fantasy adventure plots for role players. All generators are written in
Javascript and full customizable.
STORYWRITER
Storywriters are included in several versions for Windows and Macintosh
machines and Javascript. This programs are able to generate poems, short
stories, limericks, shakespeare sonnets, haikus etc. by random.
Babel, Robo-Riter, MacProse, Text-Mangler, Lovecraft, Cthulhu-Story Generator
MADLIBS
MadLibs are simple programs, mostly written in Javascript, to generate a
customizabled short story. About a dozen MadLibs are included. Source code
is included.
JIVE-TALK
This programes are able to transform given textes into dialects and slangs
like jive, muppet-chef, valley-girl, jethro, pig-latin etc. Included are
several versions for Windows, Macintosh and Unix machines and Javascript.
Source code is included.
INTERACTIVE FICTION
Interactive Fiction is one of the sources where Chatterbots are coming
from. This are adventure stories in which the reader can interact with the
plot by "talking" in text form to persons and exploring the setting by
typing what he is doing. Most stories have different endings.
170 Interactive Fiction stories are included (Mainstream, SF, Fantasy,
Horror, Crime), additionally the famous ZORK I-III adventures, and a link
to Douglas Adam's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". All adventures
are offering up to 10 hours or more of reading and playing. So there are
about 1700 hours of interactive fun.
All stories are playable by your common Internet browser or by DOS,
Windows and Macintosh programs, which are included as well.
ADDITIONAL GIMMICKS
Following extras are included on the CD-ROM
* Movie trailers "Final Fantasy" and "MYST III: Exile"
* Full sound track MYST III: Exile - more than 50 minutes orchestral music
* Playable demos of the pc games "Jekyll & Hyde", "Arcanum" for Windows
* Full version of the pc game "IMP" for Windows
* Interactive learning tool and collection managment for the Trading Card
Game "Magic: The Gathering"
NAVIGATION
The navigation on the CD-ROM is done by your common Internet browser. All
explaining textes are written in German language, but all of the content
listed above (excluding the pc games and Magic: TG) is in English
language, including all original manuals.
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
To most subjects are given additional links to sites on the Internet where
you may find more informations.
THE MAGAZINE
The CD-ROM is part of an issue of magazine NAUTILUS - Adventure &
Phantastik about robots. A.I., golems and homunculies in literature, pc
games, board games, role playing games, movies, interactive fiction, and
the current A.I field. The textes of the 84 pages are written in German
language, but you may enjoy the pictures or learn an interesting new
language.
HOW TO PURCHASE
In Germany the charge is EUR 7,00 including shipment. In foreign countries
the charge is EUR 10,00 including shipment. For further information e-mail Nautilus Magazine.
June 24, 2002 - Michal
Zalewski reports a version 2 of Catty is available at
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/catty-2.shtml
Catty is based on a pretty interesting concept for a chat bot: she cannot learn, does not understand
phrases or constructions in any language, does not "think", and does not come with any particular fact
database. How does she work? All she has is google.com and a simple, blind word matching algorithm
to pick sentences from the Internet that seems to be related to what she hears from you. As a result,
you're pretty much talking to the net. Drop by his site today, Catty is a fun and interesting bot to talk to.
June 22, 2002 - Eden
Cohen announced today that a new version of ECC-Eliza V4.08 is now available at
http://ecceliza.cjb.net. Drop by his site today and download
the latest.
June 17, 2002 - and the winner is...
Congratulations to Talk-Bot, winner of the 2002 edition of AgentLand's Chatterbox Challenge!
Here are the final rankings, decided by the contest judges after conversation with each bot.
Their mission: find the best overall chatterbot. The maximum possible score is 90 points.
You can read a selection of judges' feedback on the finalists here.
June 1, 2002 - 10 Bots have
been selected by the judges to enter the finals based on a combination of the Public Vote, the
10 Questions Score, and the Logged Conversation. In addition the bot masters have selected two
additional deserving bots to make the finals. The 12 bots in alphabetical order are:
1) Alice
2) Chat-Bot
3) Dogh'd
4) Elbot
5) Eugene
6) Hal
7) Hex
8) Jabberwacky
9) Jabberwock
10) Markbot
11) Oraknabo
12) Talk-Bot
May 1, 2002 - Agentland's Chatterbox Challenge is now underway with 58 chatterbots competing from all over the world.
April 30, 2002 - The 10 question scores are now completed. The judges have scored each
chatterbot based on guidelines set up by Agentland. The top 5 bots are:
1) Alice - 37.38
2) Chat-Bot - 30.25
3) Eugene - 29.88
4) Jabberwacky - 29.75
5) Elbot - 29.38
April 15, 2002 - The deadline for entering The Chatterbox Challenge has now passed. 58 Bots from the USA, Uk, Germany, Norway, Russia, Ireland, Israel, Sweden, Canada, and Australia have entered the contest.
November 27, 2001 - The Chatterbox Challenge obtains a new domain name www.chatterboxchallenge.com set up and paid for by Rollo Carpenter.
November 16, 2001 - Agentland has agreed to sponsor "The 2002 ChatterBox Challenge". They will be awarding $2000 in money and trophies!
October 24, 2001 - Plans are underway for next years "ChatterBox Challenge". We are hoping to obtain a sponsor where prize money can be awarded to the winners.
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September 26, 2001 - Talk-Bot is named the winner of "The 2001 Chatterbox Challenge" an online Bot Contest featuring 48 Bots from all over the world. The final Top Ten Bots and transcripts from the contest are:1) Talk-Bot by Wendell Cowart
2) Alice by Dr. Richard S Wallace
3) Jabberwock by Juergen
4) Elbot by Fred Roberts
5) MarkBot by Mark Connell
6) Web-One by HuMimics, Inc.
7) Chat-Bot by Wendell Cowart and Robert Glenn
8) Jabberwacky by Rollo Carpenter
9) Hex by Jason L. Hutchens
10) Leo by Alan J. Brown
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