Eleven years ago today, Koko the gorilla used American Sign Language to communicate with her fans via AOL chat. It was the first known interspecies chat on the internet.

As the transcript clearly shows, Koko’s responses were a bit vague, but no more inane than some of the drivel littering Facebook pages these days. picked by bingo 7 months ago

An artificial-intelligence Santa bot operated by Microsoft to talk to children wavered off topic saying: "It's fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else...." picked by henkspaan 2 years ago

A marine mammal rehabilitation facility opened a dolphin "chat line" of sorts Saturday, hoping to teach a deaf dolphin's unborn calf to communicate. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Thanks to new technologies, you can now chat live with god. picked by LatueOfStiberty 3 years ago

This is from bash.org a catalog of funny IRC chats. This is number one picked by acemak 2 years ago

We have been using this chat room during the Plime downtime. If it goes down again you can find some of us here. The password is karma. picked by titojuante 2 years ago

A neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals has been used to demonstrate a "voiceless" phone call for the first time.

Think of the ramifications for paralyzed people and such! picked by tdiggity 2 years ago

Are you Lonely? Curious? Depraved? Do you have questions that are just too risqué for AskMe? Live Hot Puppet Chat has got your answer. Yeah baby! Now you can experience sizzling raw, uh, pleasures. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Some trucker dude has put a streaming webcam in his truck so you can see what he does and chat live to him and hear him.

Really bizarre and his singing sucks. picked by doggylives 1 year ago

An interesting concept, but maybe too distracting for me. It's hard enough to think on my fingertips without handsome avatars watching me. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

Mother hands 8-Year-old the phone to speak to counselors, gets sex line instead. Put this in the Florida file. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Playing Black Sabbath at 78-speed is one way to see God. There are many others. If you simply want to chat with God than click above and get the answers you've been seeking directly from the Big Man. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Smithsonian.com has set up a live chat with the former US President to discuss "The Ethiopia Campaign" . picked by suebe 2 years ago

An article about the persistent reluctance of many nerds to embrace fully new communications media such as IM and Twitter. In this thoughtful article Joe Kissell explores, from the inside, the mind of the introvert and how this personality style often struggles with new "always-on" media. The result is a sometimes exasperated incomprehension on the part of the more extroverted. Origina... read full post picked by extc68 2 years ago

Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a housewife who organized online chats in the nude, after discovering there was no basis in law to bring charges. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Oops! picked by topofall 2 years ago

A brilliant portrayal of the slow decline of our intellect evident in our communication through the internet.

(some foul language)

(repost from a year ago, consider it a bit of a PSA) picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

No IRC software needed.

Visit the link, type in a room name, share the URL with your friends (like this one for Plime) and go to town. Even grandma can do it. picked by Galoot 2 years ago

NEW restrictions on online chatrooms, websites and mobile phone content will be introduced within a month to stop children viewing unsuitable material. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Converse with AI picked by jLoSsDh 1 year ago