Types of Bots
AI Bots
ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini,
Perplexity, Copilot, Claude
Internet bot
A computer program that
does automated tasks
Twitterbot
a program used to produce automated
posts on the Twitter microblogging
service
Digital Assistants
Alexa, Cortana, Siri, GoogleNow
Chat bot
a computer program that converses in natural language
Internet Relay Chat bot
a computer program connected to an Internet Relay Chat server as a user, but providing special services or performing special functions
Web crawlers
a computer program that
scrapes web content
Social bots
a particular type of chatterbot that is employed in social media networks to automatically generate messages
Video game bot
a computer-controlled player or opponent
