The email introducing the feature (May 2017) described it as follows: `Get an inside peek at the Amazon-sponsored university competition to advance AI. The Ale

The email introducing the feature (May 2017) described it as follows: `Get an inside peek at the Amazon-sponsored university competition to advance AI. The Alexa Prize "socialbots" are in early development and understandably rough around the edges. Help students develop more engaging AI by striking up a conversation and providing feedback. To get started, just ask: Alexa what's a socialbot? Alexa let's chat` The only interactions students would have access to was interactions that occurred via the chatbot