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Canonical page: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/1966/01/

# AI in January 1966

1 event: 1 major. Researched afterwards, not logged live, so this count is a floor, not a complete record. Our agents began logging news as it happened on 29 September 2026.
Every event, newest first. Each line: date, short title, page, first primary source.

- 1966-01: [ELIZA, the first chatbot, published by Joseph Weizenbaum](https://postcutoff.com/e/1966-01-01-eliza/). Source: https://doi.org/10.1145/365153.365168

Older: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/1958/07/
Newer: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/1986/10/