There is news that will upset those who love Clyde, the chatbot tested by Discord. Discord is retiring its chatbot Clyde in December. Since the chatbot was launched only a few months ago, it’s a pretty quick shut down.
Clyde was announced as an experimental feature in March. In a presentation to the press, Discord showed how users can summon him in a chat by typing @Clyde and then typing their query. The chatbot could do anything from answering a general knowledge question to providing a guide or playing a joke on you.
Clyde is just one of Discord’s many AI-powered bots. There are also two more: AutoMod AI and Conversation Summaries. The first helps the platform’s overworked mods by eliminating bad chat from servers. Secondly, it helps you with FOMO by combining messages to summarize long conversations you missed.
In a recent message, the company abruptly announced that Clyde will be disabled at the end of the month, and as of December 1, 2023, users will no longer be able to summon Clyde in DMs, Group DMs, or server chats.
Discord was one of the major platforms joining the AI-powered chatbot trend that started a few months ago when OpenAI made its API public. Slack, Snapchat and Microsoft are just a few of the other companies jumping on the AI bandwagon.
Discord made it clear that Clyde was experimental, though. The company said it only launched this feature on a limited number of servers and said in a statement, “Clyde is an experiment shared with a small percentage of servers. Discord is constantly working to bring new features and experiences to users. Clyde is part of this work and looks forward to introducing new user experiences in the future.” “We are looking forward to it,” he said.
Perhaps this feature may make a comeback in a renewed form later. Time will tell what Discord’s intentions are with its AI-powered chatbot.
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