Here are some notable options:
1. General Conversational AI & Chatbots
Claude (Anthropic) – Focuses on helpful, honest, and harmless AI interactions.
Google Gemini (formerly Bard) – Google’s AI with strong integration with Google services.
Perplexity AI – Combines conversational AI with search for accurate, cited responses.
Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat) – Powered by GPT-4 (free) and integrates with Microsoft products.
DeepSeek Chat – A strong alternative with long-context understanding (128K tokens).
2. Open-Source & Self-Hosted Models
Llama 3 (Meta) – Open-weight AI model by Meta, suitable for self-hosting.
Mistral & Mixtral (Mistral AI) – High-performance open-weight models.
Falcon (TII UAE) – Open-source alternative for commercial use.
Ollama – Lets you run models like Llama, Mistral, and others locally.
3. AI for Coding & Development
GitHub Copilot – AI pair programmer by GitHub (powered by OpenAI).
Code Llama – Meta’s open-source coding-focused model.
Tabnine – AI code assistant supporting multiple languages.
4. Creative Writing & Content Generation
Jasper AI – Specializes in marketing and business content.
Copy.ai – AI-powered copywriting tool.
Sudowrite – AI writing assistant for fiction and storytelling.
5. Specialized & Niche AI Assistants
Pi AI (Inflection AI) – Designed for personal, empathetic conversations.
Character.AI – Roleplay and chat with AI characters.
Grok (xAI, Elon Musk’s company) – Integrated with X (Twitter) for real-time data.