7 ChatGPT Alternatives Ready to Answer Your Burning Questions
If you're unable to access ChatGPT for your conversational AI needs, don't worry. ChatGPT isn't the only player in town when it comes to AI chatbots. From Bing's to Google's AI chatbots, Tech companies have made the most of AI technology to develop a wide range of conversational AI solutions that are available to the public. Here are seven ChatGPT alternatives that are waiting to answer your burning questions.
1. Google Bard
Google has created a conversational AI service called Bard which is powered by Google's own language model called LaMDA. Bard has been trained on a diverse data set called Infiniset, which includes dialogues on public forums, web crawl data, publicly available documents related to programming, and Wikipedia in English. You must have a Google account to sign up and be at least 18 years old. It's free, and Google is granting access within a day or two.
2. Microsoft Bing
Microsoft's Bing search engine has enhanced its capabilities with OpenAI's ChatGPT technology and has partnered with OpenAI to create Bing's AI chatbot. It's customized for search using Prometheus and is free, although Microsoft has set a daily Q&A limit of 150 per day, with 15 back-and-forth exchanges each time. You must have a Microsoft account to sign up.
3. Chat LLM Streaming
You can test out OpenAssistant, an AI chatbot, for free with Chat LLM Streaming from LAION, which aims to keep AI free. There are no barriers to using this AI chatbot - simply visit the site in any browser. The data set that OpenAssistant is trained on is constantly updated and can be viewed publicly on a spreadsheet.
4. ChatSonic
ChatSonic is an AI chatbot that's marketed as "like ChatGPT but with real-time data, images, and voice search" and is offered by Writesonic, an AI-powered SEO-focused writing service for businesses. You can create an account using just an email address, and there's a free trial for 10,000 AI-written words that aren't GPT-4-powered. Pricing plans are based on how many users you want to sign up and the number of words you want from ChatSonic.
5. Claude
Claude is an AI assistant developed by Anthropic that has $300 million of Google backing and was created by former OpenAI executives. Claude was trained on public web pages up to spring 2021 and is available via a waitlist. While signing up for Claude, you can choose whether you want to use the web app, utilize Slack integration, or access the API. You can try Claude through Quora's AI app, Poe, which uses the same technology. Prices for Claude and Claude Instant vary based on the number of characters in your prompt and how many characters it outputs. The Poe app is $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year.
6. Jasper
Jasper is an AI chatbot designed specifically for copywriting. Jasper can write ads, blog posts, emails, job listings, and website content. Jasper's training data goes only through 2019, and its pricing plans vary based on usage and the number of words you need from it. To sign up for Jasper, visit the company's website.
7. YouChat
YouChat, offered by You.com, is designed to answer general questions, explain things, suggest ideas, translate, summarize text, compose emails, and write code. YouChat derives its data from GPT 3.5 with additional tweaking by You.com. You must sign up for an account on You.com to access YouChat via the Chat tab for free. You.com also offers a Chrome extension for quick access across the web.
Remember that while these AI chatbots can be incredibly helpful, they can also make mistakes and provide incorrect information. Exercise caution and critically evaluate the advice they give before using it.
