News & Reviews:   AI chatbot

In 2025, many have become used to AI chatbot platforms like ChatGPT or Gemini for getting answers they want. You send a message or prompt to the bot, it responds, and this goes on till you're done. Now, OpenAI has added a group version of that.

AI chatbot companies are constantly looking for new ways to make use of the technology. Typically, these platforms respond when you insert a prompt, which makes them reactive. But OpenAI is aiming for a more proactive version with its new ChatGPT Pulse.

In Malaysia, a former Prime Minister is already in prison and several others are awaiting trial for corruption involving tens of billions of Ringgit. Yesterday, Albania appointed Diella, an AI chatbot, as a cabinet minister with the specific aim of combating corruption in the awarding of government contracts.

The Malaysian company formerly known as MyEG, Zetrix AI Bhd recently introduced NurAI, which is a Shariah?compliant AI chatbot. Available for free for now (paid plans start from RM20 to RM200 per month and are coming soon), you can download it for both Android and iOS.

OpenAI has released new data on the rapid adoption of AI tools across Southeast Asia, including the weekly users of its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in the region. These include how weekly ChatGPT users in Malaysia have increased by an impressive 330% year-over-year.

As Malaysia prepares to celebrate Pesta Kaamatan and Hari Gawai, CelcomDigi is introducing Maya, an AI-powered chatbot created in collaboration with Replyr.ai. This chatbot aims to help revive native Bornean languages such as Iban and Dusun, offering an accessible way for users to engage with and learn ancestral dialects.

Previously, we reported on the cheekily named Scammers On Hold AI (SOHAI) chatbot created by Malaysian entrepreneur and Replyr.ai founder Dylan Tan, an AI chatbot that targets scammers and infinitely wastes their time on WhatsApp. Well, it looks like scammers have struck back against SOHAI, as its account has been banned by WhatsApp.

The Internet bombards us with so much information, many of which could be false or misleading. It's an issue many have tried to solve via methods like content moderation or filtering. But modern problems require modern solutions, and MCMC has one that's powered by AI.

Previously, we shared how an AI-powered chatbot on WhatsApp to do fact-checking is currently in the works by the Government, as revealed by Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. Now, Fahmi has given an update on the matter, saying that the chatbot is in the final process of development.

Fake news has been a thing even before the pandemic and we have been combating it ever since. In an effort to curb misinformation from spreading further, our local Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil announced that there will be a new AI-powered chatbot on WhatsApp to do fact-checking.