However, while most people have probably heard of ChatGPT<\/a>, the world\u2019s most-used AI tool, plenty more are on offer \u2013 the likes of Google Bard<\/a>, Hugging Chat, and more have entered the conversation.<\/p> Chatbots have been taught how to have conversations and provide answers to questions by being fed endless amounts of online writing. Some of the responses people have been getting are astonishingly realistic, with all sorts of answers and chat thrown back at the user\u2019s prompts.<\/p> Which are the most useful Read on to find out our picks for the best AI chatbots in 2023.<\/p> There are a number of quality AI chatbots out there that you can use to help give you answers to questions, have a chat with, and more. It is worth noting that all of them have issues with accuracy and sourcing, for now, so answers given will require fact-checking. These are the best available in 2023:<\/p> Specs<\/b> | Developer:<\/b> OpenAI | Price:<\/b> Free (paid \u2018Plus\u2019 subscription $20 a month) | Platform:<\/b> Browser-based & App | Website:<\/strong> Chat.openai.com<\/a><\/p> Pros:<\/strong><\/p> Cons:<\/strong><\/p> ChatGPT has been the talk of the AI chatbot town for a good while now \u2013 and with good cause. ChatGPT is the go-to for many looking to use a chatbot, with so many trying to use it, in fact, it often can\u2019t handle the sheer number of people logging in and asking questions.<\/p> The ChatGPT Plus subscription is $20 a month and allows users to use the program even when demand is high and boasts a faster response speed and priority access to new features. For now, you can also use it entirely for free, you just need to make an account and accept its privacy options.<\/p> Specs<\/b> | Developer:<\/b> Google | Price:<\/b> Free | Platform:<\/b> Browser-based | Website:<\/strong> Bard.google.com<\/a><\/p> Pros:<\/strong><\/p> Cons:<\/strong><\/p> One of the main alternatives to ChatGPT, Google Bard has been impressing users for a little while now. It\u2019s a little less conversational in tone compared to its competitors \u2013 and doesn\u2019t remember too much context of your conversation during a session \u2013 but is instead promoted as a search and research tool.<\/p> It can give some fun answers, though, and lets you take a look at two other draft responses at any time. Regardless, it\u2019s best used as a research tool or to help edit your text \u2013 as long as you fact-check it!<\/p> Specs<\/b> | Developer:<\/b> Hugging Face (ChatGPT clone) | Price:<\/b> Free | Platform:<\/b> Browser-based (open source) | Website: <\/strong>Huggingface.co\/chat<\/a><\/p> Pros:<\/strong><\/p> Cons<\/strong>:<\/p> HuggingChat is a completely free, crowdsourced alternative to ChatGPT and was trained on OpenAssistant Conversations Dataset, which contains data up to around 2022. It\u2019s based on OpenAI and is something of a clone of ChatGPT, but one that is and will remain completely free to use. You still need to create an account to login, though.<\/p> So, what makes HuggingChat different to ChatGPT? It’s customisable, in theory. As the software’s code is open source, any person could use it to create their own custom AI chatbot. <\/p> HuggingChat is arguably more personable than ChatGPT, often referring to itself in the first person. However, HuggingChat is prone to ‘hallucinations’. This is where the AI will seemingly invent information and references if the answer to a query is unclear.<\/p> Specs<\/strong> | Developer: <\/strong>character.ai | Price:<\/strong> Free, c.ai offers perks for $9.99 a month | Platform: <\/strong>Browser-based | Website:<\/strong> character.ai<\/a><\/p> Pros:<\/strong><\/p> Cons:<\/strong><\/p> If you\u2019ve ever fancied a chat with a character from history or entertainment, character.ai is the place to go. It\u2019s a fun little experiment that doesn\u2019t quite catch the heart of a lot of the characters available to ‘chat’ with \u2013 our chat with Mario from Super Mario 64<\/em> gave us a lot of stiff and toneless answers, for example.<\/p> You can chat for a while without creating an account but will need to do so after several messages. It\u2019s good for a bit of fun, even if the tone isn\u2019t quite right a lot of the time.<\/p> Specs<\/strong> | Developer:<\/strong> Jasper AI (uses GPT-3.5) | Price:<\/strong> Free for seven days, $39 a month otherwise | Platform: <\/strong>Browser-based | Website:<\/strong> Jasper.ai<\/a><\/p> Pros:<\/strong><\/p> Cons:<\/strong><\/p> Jasper Chat comes with 50 different writing templates, built-in copywriting features, and even a plagiarism checker. It\u2019s a chatbot built for companies looking to create ‘on-brand’ SEO content (be it blogs or product descriptions) with a consistent tone of voice. <\/p> It is by no means the cheapest AI on the market, asking users for $39 a month for its minimum plan. <\/p> Specs<\/strong> | Developer:<\/strong> Personal AI | Price:<\/strong> Free (limited) or $40 a month\/$400 a year for full access | Platform: <\/strong>App\/web | Website: <\/strong>Personal.ai<\/a><\/p> Pros<\/strong>:<\/p> Cons:<\/strong><\/p> Personal AI aims to create a digital version of you, to learn your personality and tone of voice, which would allow the AI to act as, well, you. While far from perfect, this AI is geared at drafting email responses in your own voice, learning from your previous messages.<\/p> With its goal of creating a digital double (which could raise several ethical dilemmas in future), Personal AI asks for a lot<\/em> of your personal information \u2013 even cherished childhood memories. It is worth noting, however, that you can ask the AI to delete any information if you feel like you’ve overshared. For many, though, this may not alleviate any privacy concerns.<\/p> Ultimately, what is the best AI chatbot comes down to personal preference. While the SEO optimisation and plagiarism checker of Jasper AI is handy, it comes at a big cost. If you\u2019re looking for some fun, it\u2019s best to stick to the free offerings instead.<\/p> Google Bard and ChatGPT are two very powerful AI chatbots that are free to use, and offer similar functionality. <\/p> Essentially, AI chatbots work by developers feeding countless numbers of online articles, forum posts, and more into language models. Some are connected to the internet, keeping information up-to-date, while others rely on what they were taught before launching to the public.<\/p> AI chatbots were primarily designed to provide conversational, text-based responses to human questions and prompts. They can be used for a bit of fun, or to help with research, or to provide quick writing help, for instance. <\/p> Read more:<\/strong><\/p> From ChatGPT, to Google Bard andHuggingChat, a selection of AI chatbots are currently available for use. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33849,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"7"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/09\/the-best-ai-chatbots-in-september-2023.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/09\/the-best-ai-chatbots-in-september-2023-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/09\/the-best-ai-chatbots-in-september-2023-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/09\/the-best-ai-chatbots-in-september-2023-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/09\/the-best-ai-chatbots-in-september-2023-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/09\/the-best-ai-chatbots-in-september-2023.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/09\/the-best-ai-chatbots-in-september-2023.jpg",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"From ChatGPT, to Google Bard andHuggingChat, a selection of AI chatbots are currently available for use.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Best AI chatbots<\/b> of 2023<\/h2>
ChatGPT<\/b><\/h3>
Google Bard<\/b><\/h3>
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<\/figure>HuggingChat<\/b><\/h3>
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<\/figure>character.ai<\/strong><\/h3>
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<\/figure>Jasper Chat<\/strong><\/h3>
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<\/figure>Personal AI<\/strong><\/h3>
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<\/figure>Which is the best AI chatbot?<\/strong><\/h2>
How do the best AI chatbots work?<\/strong><\/h2>
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