Author describes the experience of using ready-made neural networks (ChatGPT) and those developed by means of chat bot designers as a means of teaching Russian as a foreign language; the advantages and disadvantages of introducing chatbots in teaching business and scientific communication are revealed; the prospects for introducing artificial intelligence into the practice of teaching Russian as a foreign language are determined.

digital linguodidactics; artificial intelligence; chatbot; ChatGPT; Aimylogic; Alice’s voice assistant; business Russian; scientific style of speech; communicative competence.

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