{
  "id": 9467384,
  "title": "Walrus Sessions 8: Building chatbots that actually remember you ($2,500 in prizes, ends Oct 9)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/walrus-sessions-8-building-chatbots-that-actually-remember-you-2-500",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-24T02:19:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/walgo/walrus-sessions-8-building-chatbots-that-actually-remember-you-2500-in-prizes-ends-oct-9-3i16"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chatbots often forget all prior context when a conversation ends, forcing users to start over each time. The Walrus Sessions 8: Chatbots That Remember hackathon aims to change that by building or retrofitting chatbots that use Walrus Memory to retain context across sessions, users, and devices. Participants can build new chatbots or improve existing ones, demonstrating how the memory system works and showing real-world applications. The challenge runs from Sept 18 to Oct 9, 2026, and offers prizes totaling $2,500 in WAL tokens. Best Chatbot winners receive $500, $250, and $150, while the Best Article prize is $100. Bug bounties offer $100 each for reporting reproducible issues in the MemWal SDK. The competition encourages deeper understanding of persistent, encrypted agent memory.",
  "summary": "Most chatbots forget everything the second a conversation ends. Ask it something on Monday, come back Tuesday, and you're a stranger again. Walrus Sessions 8: \"Chatbots That Remember\" is a live hackathon session tackling exactly that — building (or retrofitting) a chatbot that uses Walrus Memory to persist context across sessions, users, and devices. The challenge Build or retrofit a chatbot…",
  "key_points": [
    "Walrus Sessions 8 hackathon focuses on chatbots with persistent memory",
    "Walrus Memory system enables context retention across sessions and devices",
    "$2,500 in prizes, including $500 for Best Chatbot and $100 for Best Article"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The hackathon incentivizes developers to build chatbots that retain context across sessions, users, and devices, potentially changing how users interact with chatbots by providing a more continuous experience.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}