# Allow ChatBot to read PDFs so it can join in a group discussion

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-chatbot-to-read-pdfs-so-it-can-join-in-a-group-discussion/277037>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** ai, ai-bot\
**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-chatbot-to-read-pdfs-so-it-can-join-in-a-group-discussion/277037 "2023-08-29T12:47:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-chatbot-to-read-pdfs-so-it-can-join-in-a-group-discussion/277037/1 "2023-08-29T12:47:49Z")

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For those who have access to tools that allow one to chat with a PDF(s), it would be nice if the Discourse AI -AI Bot could also read PDFs and join in the discussion.

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Right now the academics are eating this like candy but I don’t know of a way for a group of users to join as a group with the bot to talk about the paper(s). AFAIK one can only chat alone with the bot that read the paper. I am sure group chats with paper(s) exist but Discourse should have it too.

Think of it like a book club with a bot invited and the discussion being about one or more papers (pdfs).

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If someone gets the bright idea 🌟 that Discourse + AI model plugins ([ref](https://pugin.ai/)) = 💰, hopefully this is the first place you read it.

As more and more different plugins and bots are created, one could eventually form a garage band, 🎸 have a virtual programmer meetup 🖥 , etc.

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