--- title: I recently came across Pieter Levels' creation,... description: Learn how to build your own multi-modal AI chatbot for Telegram inspired by TherapistAI. This guide covers setting up a Telegram bot, using the OpenAI API for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-recently-came-across-pieter-levels-creation-therapistai-an-awesome-ai-therapeutic-chatbot-that-u-ekeke3wjb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I recently came across Pieter Levels' creation, TherapistAI—an awesome AI therapeutic chatbot that uses text, images, voice, video messages, and URLs to respond in both text and voice. Inspired by this cool multi-modal approach, I decided to take on the challenge of building something similar myself. Come along as I dive into this exciting project and see what it takes to create an AI that can really connect with users across different channels! I'll share what I learned while working on this project and my thoughts along the way. | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to build your own multi-modal AI chatbot for Telegram inspired by TherapistAI. This guide covers setting up a Telegram bot, using the OpenAI API for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-recently-came-across-pieter-levels-creation-therapistai-an-awesome-ai-therapeutic-chatbot-that-u-ekeke3wjb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ekEKE3WJb.png og:image:alt: I recently came across Pieter Levels' creation, TherapistAI—an awesome AI therapeutic chatbot that uses text, images, voice, video messages, and URLs to respond in both text and voice. Inspired by this cool multi-modal approach, I decided to take on the challenge of building something similar myself. Come along as I dive into this exciting project and see what it takes to create an AI that can really connect with users across different channels! 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I'll share what I learned while working on this project and my thoughts along the way. **[Build With GenAI](https://daily.dev/sources/buildwithgenai)** · [@jonasge1992](https://daily.dev/jonasge1992) · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to build your own multi-modal AI chatbot for Telegram inspired by TherapistAI. This guide covers setting up a Telegram bot, using the OpenAI API for generating responses, storing conversation history, and basic bot functionality. The series will later include enhancing the bot with multimedia capabilities, integrating payment systems through Stripe, and ensuring data persistence using AWS services. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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