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Last discussed Jun 3, 2026

Early large language model product developed by Ray Kurzweil's team at Google

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Used for: Creating chatbots and early LLM functionality Praised: First of its kind, preceded ChatGPT by 4 years vs: Came before ChatGPT

"We called it the dad bot, it was actually I believe the first self chatbot which we developed with Talk to Books which came out four years before ChatGPT and I believe was the first LLM."

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