The one that started it all: ChatGPT
Before we get to the alternatives, let’s take another look at the big splashy chatterbox that started it all, ChatGPT. It is undoubtedly the most well-known AI program on the web. Created by OpenAI, the chatbot has been praised for its human-like text capabilities, its wide breadth of knowledge, and its swift response times. It has also exhibited a tendency to be quite creative (read: ChatGPT makes things up). Give ChatGPT a prompt (“write a Homeric poem about Elon Musk making an emergency visit to a Burger King toilet”) and watch your wildest imaginative dreams come true. All of that said, ChatGPT has also been known to have a dark side (it will occasionally fabricate information, get stuff wrong, and, on certain occasions, verge off into the territory of quite offensive material).
ChatGPT was initially launched as a free public beta last November but, earlier this year, OpenAI launched a premium version of the chatbot that can be accessed for $20 per month. The paid version is supposed to offer a more stable connection to the chatbot, as well as early access to new features and updates.
