At a time when we have one or more reports of new AI-based services every week, Discord’s decision is surprising because lines in just the opposite direction to practically the rest of the world. And in addition to the significant number of chatbots that already exist today, we know that more will be added in the short to medium term, both as standalone services and integrated into apps, services and devices.

That’s right, yes At some point, we will see the adoption rate of this technology decline. Chatbots are very useful in certain contexts, just like any other type of generative AI model, but we cannot deny that some of these implementations (both those already present and those to come) are at least questionable as they contribute little or nothing to environment in which they are included, making it clear that they are nothing more than a marketing tool.

In general, this is not the case with the integration of chatbots into social networks, in which they can be useful in the context of conversations of any kind, to facilitate content creation… in short, there are quite a few potential chatbot applications in this context, which is why everyone thought that Discord’s move to create Clyde, a chatbot integrated into the service, He was quite smart. I personally thought so too.

However, as the company itself confirmed, Discord will remove the Clyde chatbot from the service. More precisely, we can read this: «As of December 1, 2023, users will no longer be able to summon Clyde in group direct messages or server chats«, this means that the elimination is total, and that therefore if you are one of the people who could (and therefore still can) use it and have some pending questions, you already know that a little less than two weeks until you get it.

Bots are a fairly common feature on Discord, both those offered by third parties that provide a variety of features (from social media post notifications to playing music in voice chats) and those from Discord. And yes, Clyde’s days are numbered, but we expect other bots on the service, such as the AI-based moderation assistant and conversation summary tool, to remain functional.