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A New ‘AI Chatbot’ Is Just One Guy Typing as Fast as He Can — He Did It to Prove a Point

A New ‘AI Chatbot’ Is Just One Guy Typing as Fast as He Can — He Did It to Prove a Point

Monday, August 10, 2026
For the past week, thousands of people have been chatting with what looks like the internet’s newest AI assistant. The catch? It’s not AI at all. It’s just one guy. Former Google employee and conceptual artist Tucker Bryant is behind ChatTJB, a website advertised by a giant San Francisco billboard proclaiming it as “The leading…