I became interested in time travel and the travelers who undertook such trips when I read Michael Crieghton’s novel “Timeline”. The book is about a group of historians and archaeologists who are employed by a technology company. They discover a way to travel back to 14th-century France using quantum technology. The 14th century is before […]
Enhancing the Kognetiks Chatbot: New Frontiers in Image and Speech Generation
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 […]
Unlocking Enhanced Interactivity with Kognetiks Chatbot’s Latest Update for WordPress
Yesterday I released the latest version of the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. The release included several significant features, from expanding the list of model choices, to add an option to use the names of Assistants and personalized greetings for logged in users. Additional OpenAI Models The list of available models supported by the chatbot has […]
Evolving Conversations: The Future of Chatbots in Customer Service
These last several weeks have been focused on fixes, touchups, and minor enhancements to the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. I started a list of feature requests a while back that originated in the chatbot Support Forum on WordPress.org, as well as direct messages from a wide range of users, web developers, site owners and their […]
Unlock Enhanced Features with Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress Version 1.9.2
These last several weeks have been focused on enhancements to the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. These enhancements include multi-file upload for Assistants, conversation history retrieval for logged in users, and improved handling of HTML Markup in chatbot responses. You’ll find them incorporated into the latest version 1.9.2 of the chatbot. Multi-file Uploads In the initial […]
Revolutionizing Conversations: The Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress Update
These past two weeks have been focused on several enhancements to the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. Two enhancements stand out over many lesser ones, most notably Prompted Initiation and response links and images. Prompted Initiation This functionality allows the chatbot to start a conversation based on a predefined prompt. It’s like giving the chatbot a […]
Enhancing Engagement: Introducing Audience Choice in Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress
This week has been filled with opportunities and challenges. Most notable this week was the rebranding from “Chatbot ChatGPT” to “Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress”. Among many things a new feature was added: Audience Choice. Audience Choice The new Audience for Chatbot setting can be found on the main Setting page of the chatbot. You’ll find […]
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 […]
Revolutionizing WordPress: The Latest Enhancements to the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress Plugin Version 1.8.8
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working on several updates to the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin which were incorporated into version 1.8.8 yesterday. Support for Customizable CSS If there is an element of the Chatbot’s design that really clashes with your theme, you now can override any of the elements found […]