Over the past several weeks I have been working on extending support for image and speech generation for the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress in Version 1.9.5. While enhancing the chatbot’s capabilities within these two areas, other minor improvements have been made along the way. Chatbot, Image Generate, Speech Generation I started by asking the chatbot […]
Innovating Together: Enhancing AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress
As adoption of the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugins continues to grow, I’ve been asked the most fascinating questions. For example, today I was asked if the plugin would work with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service models. The answer is a qualified yes – in theory. The person asking the question thought that the only thing […]
Revolutionizing Development with AI: The Journey of Creating the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress Plugin
I started development of the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (commonly referred to as VS Code). It features support for intelligent code completion and embedded Git, two features that were important to me among others. Two VS Code extensions that have helped me with development are GitHub Copilot and GitHub […]
Elevating Interactivity: Enhanced File Upload Feature in AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress Plugin
I had a pleasant email this morning from a user who has installed the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin. I’ve had several other email exchanges with them about how the chatbot might function. And those conversations have guided my development in a couple of different areas. The email from this morning was about file uploading […]
Conversations with AI: Exploring the Future of Human-Machine Interaction
I woke up this morning thinking about two chatbots having a conversation with each other and wondering what it would sound like. So, I thought I would have a conversation with ChatGPT about this topic. And it went like this. You Are you a bot? ChatGPT Yes, Stephen, I am a bot. I’m an AI […]
Revolutionizing WordPress: Introducing File Uploads in the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress Plugin
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on enabling file upload using the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin I created. Yesterday, my implementation finally worked. Hurray! Well, it essentially worked. There were, however, several details to work out. What to do with the intermediate file that was uploaded to the web server. Then […]
Evolving Conversations: From HAL to ChatGPT and Beyond
The HAL 9000, fondly referred to as HAL was the fictional artificial intelligence (AI) character and main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. HAL, which stood for Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer, was a sentient artificial general intelligence (AGI) computer. HAL controlled the Discover One spacecraft and interacted with the ship’s crew. HAL […]
From Google to ChatGPT: Navigating the Shift in Digital Information Paradigm
I rarely use Google search anymore. I now almost exclusively use OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Bing.com’s Copilot to answer most of my questions. Years ago, when using the Internet to answer questions, I used search engines like Excite, Yahoo, and the early versions of Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo. There were also lesser-known search engines like Ask […]
Charting the Future: The Evolution of Chatbots for WordPress Platforms
I have spent the last couple of weeks thinking about the development roadmap for the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin. Over the last ten years of my career in sales and customer service, I’ve managed several different live chat solutions. My plugin is not live chat, it’s a chatbot. What’s the difference between them? What […]
The Journey of AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress: From Launch to 700+ Installs
Today I learned that AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress has achieved 700-plus active installs. It has been ten- and one-half months since version 1.0.0 was approved for inclusion in the WordPress Plugin Directory in late March of 2023. I’ve watched the number of active installs achieve 100-plus within 10 days of initial release on or about […]