The article says they used ChatGPT or some similar LLM bot.

No it doesn't.

It says they used a chatbot, and that's what the word chatbot means by default.

No it's not

The reporter used a chatbot such as ChatGPT

The article doesn't say the kind of chatbot, not chatbot means LLM or ChatGPT.

I'm not going to continue. It's just going in circles.

Are you sure you're not the LLM?