SimSimi

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SimSimi is an artificial intelligence conversation program created in 2002 by ISMaker.{{cite news|title=What is Simsimi? All About the iPhone and Android App That Has the World Laughing Out Loud|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285978/20120123/what-simsimi-iphone-android-app.htm|accessdate=25 February 2012|newspaper=International Business Times|date=23 January 2012|archive-date=21 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421141736/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285978/20120123/what-simsimi-iphone-android-app.htm|url-status=live}} It grows its artificial intelligence day by day assisted by a feature that allows users to teach it to respond correctly. SimSimi, pronounced as "shim-shimi", is from a Korean word simsim (심심) which means "bored".{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} It has an application designed for Android, Windows Phone and iOS.

The application was banned in Thailand in 2012 after users taught it to make responses containing profanity, and to criticise leading politicians.{{cite news |title=Anti-bullying campaigners call for a ban on chatbot app SimSimi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-39453778 |access-date=28 July 2023 |work=BBC News |date=31 March 2017}}{{cite news|last=Sambandaraska|first=Don|title=SimSimi chatbot banned in Thailand|url=http://www.telecomasia.net/blog/content/simsimi-chatbot-banned-thailand|accessdate=25 February 2012|newspaper=TelecomAsia|date=7 February 2012|archive-date=11 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211021837/http://www.telecomasia.net/blog/content/simsimi-chatbot-banned-thailand|url-status=live}} In April 2018, SimSimi was suspended in Brazil due to accusations of sending inappropriate messages, such as sexual language, bullying and even death threats, being labeled as "dangerous" mainly due to its popularity among children, and according to its developer, the suspension of the app in the country "was inevitable because the SimSimi app, at least in the last few days, had a significant negative social impact in Brazil.”{{Cite web |title=Simsimi é suspenso no Brasil; entenda caso do app de chat online |url=https://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/2018/04/simsimi-e-suspenso-no-brasil-entenda-caso-do-app-de-chat-online.ghtml |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=TechTudo |date=23 April 2018 |language=pt-br |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105091513/https://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/2018/04/simsimi-e-suspenso-no-brasil-entenda-caso-do-app-de-chat-online.ghtml |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=🏅▷ Simsimi suspended in Brazil; understand the case of the online chat app {{!}} Social networks |url=https://dnetc.net/simsimi-suspended-in-brazil-understand-the-case-of-the-online-chat-app-social-networks/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=dnetc.net |language=en-US |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105092254/https://dnetc.net/simsimi-suspended-in-brazil-understand-the-case-of-the-online-chat-app-social-networks/ |url-status=live }}