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May 06, 2006 - Talk-Bot wins Best Overall Bot in The 2006 Chatterbox Challenge. The contest featured 65 Bots from all over the world.

1) Talk-Bot by Wendell Cowart
2) Brother Jerome by Peter Cole
3) Bildgesmythe by Patti Roberts
4) Joan by Bob Norris
5) Ella by Kevin Copple
6) Mathetes by Alex Reyes
7) Landru by Robby Garner
8) Alice by Dr. Richard Wallace
9) Aries by Steven W.
10) Elbot by Fred Roberts

May 06, 2005 - Talk-Bot wins 3 medals in The 2005 Chatterbox Challenge. The contest featured 104 Bots from all over the world.
  • Silver Medal - Best Overall
  • Gold Medal - Most Knowledgeable
  • Gold Medal - Best Character/Personality
May 11, 2004 - Talk-Bot places fourth in The 2004 Chatterbox Challenge. The contest featured 108 Bots from all over the world. The final Top 10 Bots from the contest are:

1) Alice by Dr Richard Wallace
2) Elbot by Fred Roberts
3) Ella by Kevin Copple
4) Talk-Bot by Wendell Cowart
5) God Louise by Joy Harwood
6) Little Mu by Jamie Kowalski
7) Hal by Zabaware, Inc.
8) Jabberwacky by Rollo Carpenter
9) Jabberwock Juergen Pirner
10) Zero by Computer Hope

October 18, 2003 - New site layout with a Q&A virtual character added.
October 1, 2003 - Talk-Bot adds Flash animation to the site.
July 31, 2003 - Talk-Bot has made the finals of the 2003 Loebner Contest. The 8 finalist in alphabetical order are:

1) Alice (by Rich Wallace, USA)
2) Elbot (by Fred Roberts, Germany)
3) Eugene Goostman (by Vladimir Veselov, USA)
4) Jabberwacky (by Rollo Carpenter, UK)
5) Jabberwock (by Juergen Pirner, Germany)
6) Lucy (by Saskia van der Elst, Mexico)
7) Markbot (by Mark Connell, USA)
8) Talk-Bot (by Wendell Cowart, USA)
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June 4, 2003 - Talk-Bot takes Silver Medal in Zabaware's 2003 Chatterbox Challenge. The top 10 bots are:

1) Elbot - Fred Roberts
2) Talk-Bot - Wendell Cowart
3) Eugene - Vladimir Veselov
4) Jabberwacky - Rollo Carpenter
5) Alice by Richard Wallace
6) Jabberwock by Juergen Pirner
7) Hal by Zabaware, Inc.
8) Ada1852 by Chris Fahey
9) Ella by Kevin Carpenter
10) Little Mu by Jamie Kowalski

May 14, 2003 - Talk-Bot takes Gold Medal in Best Character/Personality Category in Zabaware's 2003 Chatterbox Challenge.
1) Talk-Bot - Wendell Cowart
2) Eugene - Vladimir Veselov
3) Brianna McKenzie - Nicola Durran
May 12, 2003 - Talk-Bot takes Silver Medal in most Capable Category in Zabaware's 2003 Chatterbox Challenge.
1) Hal - Zabaware
2) Talk-Bot - Wendell Cowart
3) Eugene - Vladimir Veselov
March 30, 2003 - Talk-Bot takes Gold Medal in most Knowledgeable Category in the Zabaware's 2003 Chatterbox Challenge.
1) Talk-Bot - Wendell Cowart
2) Eugene - Vladimir Veselov
3) Project Zandra - Gary Miller
October 12, 2002 - Talk-Bot finishes 2nd in the 2002 Loebner Contest. The results are:
1) Ella by Kevin Copples
2) Talk-Bot by Wendell Cowart
3) God Louise by Joy Harwood
4) Elbot by Fred Roberts
5) Agent Ruby by Lynn Hersham
6) Alice by Richard Wallace
7) Anna by Abe Othman
8) Eugene by Vladimir Vesselov & Eugene Demchenko
October 1, 2002 - Talk-Bot has made the finals of the 2002 Loebner Contest. From the original 35 entering 8 were selected for the finals.
August 21, 2002 - Talk-Bot has been chosen to be included in the semi-finals of the Loebner 2002 Competition. 35 people entered and 16 were selected to move on to the semi-finals.
August 10, 2002 - It has been decided that a person can only enter one bot in the Chatterbox Challenge so I have decided to combine Talk-Bot and Chat-Bot into one. I have taken the best qualities from each of them. I have retained the name Talk-Bot as he was my first chatterbot and is also the winner of the 2000 & 2001 Chatterbox Challenge. I think this is a good move for me as it is easier to maintain one bot instead of two.
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June 17, 2002 - Talk-Bot is named the winner of Agentland's Chatterbox Challenge for the second year in a row. The contest featured 58 Bots from all over the world. Chat-Bot finished a very respectable 4th place. The final Top 12 Bots are:

1) Talk-Bot by Wendell Cowart
2) Elbot by Fred Roberts
3) Alice by Dr Richard Wallace
4) Chat-Bot by Wendell Cowart
5) Eugene by Vladimir Veselov
6) Mark-Bot by Mark Connell
7) Hex by Jason L. Hutchens
8) Jabberwock by Pixy
9) Jabberwacky by Rollo Carpenter
10) Oraknabo by Jon Booth
11) Dogh'd by Benji Adams
12) Hal by Zabaware, Inc.

June 4, 2002 - Both Chat-Bot and Talk-Bot have made the finals in Agentland's Chatterbox Challenge. :-) 12 bots now move on into the playoffs.
May 15, 2002 - I continue to work on both Chat-Bot and Talk-Bot as both are entered in the Chatterbox Challenge. Chat-Bot for example has grown from 359k from last year to 636K.
April 1, 2002 - The 10 question part of the contest is over. Out of 58 bots participating Chat-Bot finished 2nd and Talk-Bot 12th. I was a little disappointed in Talk-Bot's 12th place finish but it was mainly due to minor errors on my part. The correct answers were there but the errors caused the program to skip over them. Oh well, he is still in good position to make the finals.
December 15, 2001 - I have entered both Talk-Bot and Chat-Bot in "Agentland's ChatterBox Challenge". Voting will begin on April 1, 2002 so please visit the site and vote for them.
November 16, 2001 - Agentland has agreed to sponsor next years "ChatterBox Challenge". Of course Talk-Bot and Chat-Bot will be entering. The contest address site is www.chatterboxchallenge.com The deadline to enter is March 15, 2002. The actual contest starts on 4/01/02 and over $2,000 in money and prizes will be awarded to the winners.
November 3, 2001 - I've decided to give Chat-Bot a new look. I think an image of a Robot is more of what I think he should look like. I've added a small javascript for his eyes. I also added a sun and a moon to the site. I have several different ones of each that appear based on the computers clock. During the day hours the sun is present and as night approaches the moon pictures begin to appear. And finally against extreme pressure not to by the Government I have released the TRUE story about Chat-Bot.
October 24, 2001 - Chat-Bot under goes a major update of his data base going from 274k to 359k. Unfortunately, because a person can take a conversation in so many different directions you may have to poke around a bit to notice any change. But trust me he is getting smarter. :-)
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September 26, 2001 - Talk-Bot is named the winner of "The Chatterbox Challenge" an online ChatterBot Contest featuring 48 Bots from all over the world. Not only did he win the contest but he also finished ahead of the current Loebner Prize winner Alice. Chat-Bot finished a very respectable 7th place. I haven't put a lot of time into him as of yet as my main focus has been on Talk-Bot. The final Top Ten Bots from the contest are:

1) Talk-Bot by Wendell Cowart
2) Alice by Dr. Richard S Wallace
3) Jabberwock by Juergen Pirner
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