Where to start with GenAI: seven free chatbots tested and ranked

ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, le Chat, Llama, Perplexity and Co-Pilot. All are free, most are good, just a few are great. (Image: Getty)

Ben Moore

Sun, 07 Apr 2024

This time last year, ChatGPT had smashed its way into the global consciousness like Jonah Lomu smashed his way through the opposing line in the late 90s.Today, the chatbot and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ilk have become so prevalent that I had six different GenAI chatbots help me write that Jonah Lomu simile because I know nothing about rugby.If you haven’t started using a GenAI chatbot to help shortcut admin, there is no better time to start. To help you get started, I tested seven free-tier GenAI chatbots to see which per...

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