It seems like everyone wants to talk to artificial intelligence these days. When you try to log into ChatGPT, you often get a message that it’s at capacity. You could keep refreshing until you’re in (or pay $20 per month for ChatGPT Plus), but ChatGPT isn’t the only bot in town: There are numerous other AIs to converse with online.
Tech companies have cashed in their bitcoins and are betting everything on AI right now. Those include familiar Big Tech names such as Google and Microsoft, as well as others that are mainly AI-focused, including Jasper and Zeno.
We’ve rounded up the ones you can use right now, some for free and some for a fee, along with basic info on how they work and what you can expect. One thing to keep in mind: All of these technologies caution against taking the confident-sounding content their AI chatbots provide as fact. They make mistakes, which is becoming all the more evident as various chatbots provide misinformation about one other(Opens in a new window) and even themselves. For instance:
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That is pretty clearly not accurate. So whichever services you try, exercise caution about the advice they give, and where and how you use the content that might result.
Bard (Google)
What is Bard?
Google Bard’s is a conversational AI service that can be used by the public.
How do you get Bard?
You need a personal Google account (versus an enterprise account you use for work). You also need to be 18, which Google said it will try to suss out from what it knows about you (aka everything). Then you can join the waitlist via bard.google.com(Opens in a new window). Google appears to be granting access pretty quickly, usually in a day or two.
Where does Bard gets its data?
The basis of Bard is Google’s own LaMDA(Opens in a new window), a language model that has been trained on a data set called Infiniset(Opens in a new window). The data is 50% of dialogues on public forums, 12.5% C4 data (Common Crawl’s web crawl(Opens in a new window)), 12.5% publicly available documents related to programming, 12.5% Wikipedia in English, 6.25% English web documents, and 6.25% Non-English web documents.
How much does Bard cost?
It’s free.
Bing with AI (Microsoft)
What is Bing with AI?
Microsoft’s Bing search engine has always come in second to Google. The company is hoping to change that with Bing’s new capabilities: namely, the addition of OpenAI’s ChatGPT tech but with access to current info that the standalone ChatGPT does not possess, since it was not trained on data past 2021 (though that’s set to change soon).
How do you get Bing with AI?
You need a Microsoft account(Opens in a new window). Then you can join the waitlist(Opens in a new window). (If you want to move up the list faster, we have some suggestions.) Once you get access, you’re directed to the new Bing(Opens in a new window), which Microsoft recommends using on Edge, since the company limits its features on other browsers. Once you’re in, navigate to Bing and click the Chat tab at the top.
Where does Bing with AI get its data?
This enhanced Bing is the result of a partnership with OpenAI, so it’s the same tech as ChatGPT and GPT 3.5, but it’s customized for search using a proprietary technology called Prometheus.
How much does Bing with AI cost?
It’s free, though Microsoft imposes daily Q&A limits. As of this writing, that’s at 150 per day, with 15 back-and-forth exchanges each time.
Chat LLM Streaming (Hugging Face)
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What is Chat LLM Streaming?
Chat LLM Streaming lets you test out AI chatbot OpenAssistant(Opens in a new window) from LAION, a nonprofit that aims to keep AI free.
How do you get Chat LLM Streaming?
There are no barriers, you simply visit the site(Opens in a new window) in any browser.
Where does Chat LLM Streaming get its data?
The data set that OpenAssistant is trained on is constantly updated but can be viewed on a public spreadsheet(Opens in a new window).
How much does Chat LLM Streaming cost?
It’s free.
ChatSonic (Writesonic)
What is ChatSonic?
ChatSonic is an AI chatbot that is marketed as “like ChatGPT but with real-time data, images, and voice search.” It’s from Writesonic, a company that offers an AI-powered SEO-focused writing service for businesses.
How do you get ChatSonic?
You can just create an account(Opens in a new window) using an email address.
Where does ChatSonic get its data?
Writesonic says that it uses GPT-4 but is also using Google to keep the information provided by ChatSonic current.
How much does ChatSonic cost?
There is a free trial that gets you 10,000 AI-written words for free though those are not GPT-4-powered. There are pricing plans(Opens in a new window) based on how many users you want to sign up and how many words you get from ChatSonic.
Claude (Anthropic)
What is Claude?
Claude is an AI assistant developed by Anthropic, a company that has $300 million of Google backing and is founded by former OpenAI executives: siblings Dario and Daniela Amodei. The company created Claude, a high-performance model, and Claude Instant, a lighter and faster version that is also less expensive.
How do you get Claude?
You can sign up for Claude via a waitlist(Opens in a new window) that asks you a few questions, including whether you want to use the web app, utilize Slack integration, or get access to the API. But the easiest way to try Claude is to download Quora’s AI app Poe(Opens in a new window), which uses the technology. Right now, Poe is iOS-only.
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Where does Claude get its data?
Anthropic tells TechCrunch(Opens in a new window) that Claude was trained on public web pages up to spring 2021.
How much does Claude cost?
The price of Claude and Claude Instant(Opens in a new window) is based on how many characters are in your prompt and how many characters it outputs. The Poe app(Opens in a new window) is $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year.
Jasper (Jasper AI)
What is Jasper?
Jasper is an AI chatbot with a specific job: copywriting. It can be used for writing ads, blog posts, emails, job listings, and websites.
How do you get Jasper?
You can sign up for Jasper at the company’s website(Opens in a new window).
Where does Jasper get its data?
Jasper was trained(Opens in a new window) on 10% of the internet; its training ended in 2019.
How much does Jasper cost?
Jasper has several pricing plans(Opens in a new window) that vary based on type of use and the number of words it outputs.
YouChat (You)
You.com Chrome extension
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What is YouChat?
In YouChat’s own words, it “can answer general questions, explain things, suggest ideas, translate, summarize text, compose emails, and write code for you.” It is made by You.com, a search engine that’s been around since November 2021.
How do you get YouChat?
Sign up for an account on You.com and then access YouChat via the Chat tab on You.com(Opens in a new window). It also offers a Chrome extension(Opens in a new window) for quick access across the web.
Where does YouChat get its data?
It derives its data from GPT 3.5 with additional tweaking by You.com. You.com says that YouChat can answer questions about recent events(Opens in a new window).
How much does YouChat cost?
It’s free.
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