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The Snapchat bot is an automatic account, which is operated with the help of AI-based scripts or chatbots and performs certain actions, such as adding users, sending messages, or promoting links.
Snapchat bots were initially intended to be utilized in spam or fake interaction. However, with the maturity of AI, nowadays, many bots are used as legitimate, creative, and interactive.
For example:
Brand Bots: Companies can use bots to greet their followers, promote offers, or provide AR filters.
Creator Bots: Influencers use bots to answer their frequently asked questions or even auto-promote their content.
AI Chat Companions: Snapchat also has its own chatbot called My AI (enabled by the OpenAI platform) that is capable of talking with you, giving suggestions, notifications, and entertaining chatrooms.
Therefore, when chatbots add you, it is not necessarily that it is something negative, it might be a part of an ever-expanding AI social world of Snapchat.

The most prevalent reasons why bots could be in your friend requests or add list in 2025 are as follows:

Other brands promote the use of bots to follow or message the user that reacts to similar content, i.e., filters, hashtags, or events.

The My AI system in Snapchat also suggests AI-powered profiles or community bots that can chat, play, or post creative content.

Not every one of the bots is friendly, unfortunately. Others are meant to tempt users to use malicious links, fraudulent offers or scams.

Other creators employ unofficial scripts to boost the interaction - these bots add random people to give the impression of social behavior.

The algorithm of Snapchat can propose the accounts or profiles with the help of AI to you when you have not communicated directly with them (e.g., shared groups, friends, and stories which are on the public feed).
Simply put, bots will not automatically add you, it is generally algorithmic, purposeful, or promotional.

In general, there are four main categories of Snapchat bots by 2025:
Type Purpose Safe to Interact?
Official Bots (such as My AI) Learning, chatting, exchange ideas

Brand Bots Promotion, advertising of a product, discounts

Creator Bots Interaction with the community, frequently asked questions, automated stories Safe by design.
Fraudulent or inauthentic Bots Phishing, adulterous links, data theft

It is always important to know whether the bot has a verified badge, brand logo, or purpose. Do not use on accounts that demand personal information, payment, or other links.

By 2025, the Snapchat bots will be driven by the next-generation conversational AI - that can read tone, emotion, and even your chat history (assuming you allow it to access it).
Modern bots can:
Be able to respond to complicated questions in a normal manner.
Suggested content, filters and trends, depending on what you like.
Interact with group chats in interactive forms.
Offer psychological check-ups, amusing tests, or educational resources.
The previous fake account has become a digital personality created using real language models and this has made Snapchat bots closer and more human than ever.
Caution: How to deal with Snapchat Bots wisely.
Although Snapchat has put a lot of money in AI moderation and bot detection, not every automated account can be trusted.
These are clever safety guidelines of 2025 users:
Verify Before You Engage:
Ensure that the account is verified, active and connected to official content.
Avoid Clicking Links:
Do not trust unsuspected bots links e.g. the links that offer free things or adult material.
Donโt Share Personal Data:
Bots that are legitimate will never request passwords, payment details or location.
Block and Report Suspicious Bots:
Report using the inbuilt report feature of Snapchat to highlight harmful automation.
Limit โQuick Addโ Exposure:
When you are searching, change the privacy settings to make sure more people do not add you or see your username in the search results.
Through these practices, you will be able to experience the AI-powered interactivity without traps.
Snapchat Bots can be used positively in the following way.
Snapchat bots can even make the application more interesting and useful, when they are created with an ethical approach.
Hereโs how:





Users are not afraid of automation, but rather can welcome ethical bots that add to creativity, connection, and convenience.