TALOS: Friendly Chatbot

Chatbot Talos

In greek mythology, TALOS is the Bronze Colossus gifted to King Minos by Hephaistos. Its mission is to ward invadors off the coast of the kindgom, which granted him the nickname of Guardian of Crete.

Today the automaton reinvented itself to become a chatbot, a conversational agent.

It is a fictional, digital character programmed to simulate a written conversation

with users. Thanks to its joyful and curious personality, it is a funny, interactive and

accessible tool for everyone.

It is entirely free and anonymous to use, directly online from our website by selecting

your language. It is compatible with all browsers and connected devices (smartphones,

computers and tablets).

Select your preferred language by clicking on the flags and start your own conversation

with Talos!

Our chatbot Talos aims to offer a first level of discussion and of information completely free and anonymous to use. It was designed to answer young people who do not know who to speak to when they need to differientate what is true from what is false on technical, vast and complex topics, cluttered with false information: health, environment, politics, religions, immigration.

Adults can also use it to get inspiration on how to talk about these topics with youth, by taking definitions and resources given by Talos.

Conversation with Talos is of the questions & answer type. Talos asks users to introduce themselves and give more details about what they are looking for, and depending on the answer they chose from a list of proposition, he answers appropriately, redirects them towards organisations, institutions or individual experts that can provide them with more information or the support they need.

We selected names and references based on our own networks of local and national partners, and relying on precise criteria to guarentee their reliability and them being free.

Though Talos relies on artificial intelligence, it does not aim to replace human interactions. On the contrary! It is designed to be a first step towards specialised organisations or individuals, or to be a neutral third party to reignite discussions without judgment or conflict, with a positive and opened attitude.

The Talos chatbot was developped for Boomering by the CAFFES, based in Lille, France, with the technical support of French company Politique Numérique.

All partner organisations contributed to write and translate dialog bubbles, and selecting the themes and topics it tackles.

Coordination

Audrey Foulon - Director of the CAFFES

Equipes du CAFFES - Professionals,

volunteers, civic service volunteers and interns

Collaborators

Florence Denis - Head of service at the Udaf Nord, juriste, digital support for families expert

Thérèse Bouche - Psychologist specialised in psychological hold and radicalisation at the Udaf 82

Technical advisor

Philippe Le Gonnidec - Multimedia expert, CEO Politique Numérique

LILLE

From the 5th to the 9th of June 2023, partners met in Lille to host a training session together. They welcomed professionals to teach them how to use the Boomering tools. A conference concluded these workshops and gave us the opportunity to present the results of our three years of work.

Politics, non-profit organisation managers and youth workers came together to discover the project and discuss together of disinformation and its consequences.