The Chatterbox Challenge (CBC) which began in 2001 is an annual contest for chatbots. It is unique in the fact that minimal restrictions are placed on the type of technology used in the creation of the bot. The competition begins in early March and finishes by the end of April. Botmasters from across the globe submit their chatbots for evaluation and competition. Every entered chat bot is asked a series of questions and scored on its responses by a set of independent judges. The top ten bots move to a final round where an additional series of questions is posed to the finalists. The winner is selected by the judges as the chatbot who has scored the highest from among the finalists. A number of the chatbots who have entered the competition in the past have become the foundation for commercial technologies.

Prize Money

1st Place - $1000
2nd Place - $500
3rd Place - $250

Bot's Name	Creator	Country	Awards
Adam	Daniel Burke	UK	New Entry
Alice	Dr. Richard Wallace	USA	2004 CBC Winner
Allmandbot	Liam Bell	UK	-
Bildgesmythe	Patti Roberts	Canada	2007 - 2008 - 2011 CBC Winner
Cl0ne	Salvatore Mocciaro	Italy	-
Cronus	Innovative Solutions	Pakistan	New Entry
Elbot	Fred Roberts - Artificial Solutions	Germany	2003 CBC Winner
Gerald	Gerald Wartensteiner	Austria	New Entry
Izar	Brian Rigsby	USA	New Entry
Louise Cypher	EVIL Limited	UK	-
Mitsuku	Steve Worswick	UK	2nd Place 2011 CBC
Morti	Dave Morton	USA	-
Pixel	DeeAnn Allison	USA	-
The Professor	Peter Lafferty	UK	-
Skynet-AI	Ken Hurtubise	USA	3rd Place 2011 CBC
Taylor Swift	Leilani Oathout	USA	-
Trinity	Martin Sondergaard	UK	-
Tutor	Ron C. Lee	USA	-
Ultra Hal	Robert Medeksza	USA	-
Vira	Tom Joyce	USA	-
Zeta Beta	Jeremy Gardiner	UK	-
Zoe	Adeena Mignogna	USA	New Entry