AI Literacy in the Age of ChatGPT

Open AI
Free

As of April 2024, you can use it without creating an account.

Additional features (with usage rate limits)

• Search the web
  (be sure to click on the globe icon in the search box to activate it)

• Upload images in your prompts

• Provide support files in your prompts

• Discover and use GPTs

• Canvas: a new way of working with ChatGPT to write and code

Open AI
$20/mo
Includes:

• a new ChatGPT Search (as of Oct. 31, 2024)
• data analysis
• coding
• vision (upload images and ask questions about them)
• Image generation
• Canvas: a new way of working with ChatGPT to write and code

Build chatbots without using code. These are called "GPTs."

Enterprise edition for large businesses. Teams account for small business.

As of September 2024, there's a new model called o1-preview.

This model is useful for coding and specialized tasks in science, technology,
engineering, and math. 

It can spend time thinking through different solutions before it responds.

As of December 5, 2024, the full o1 model has been
released to ChatGPT Plus accounts.

Also starting December 5, there is a $200/month version called ChatGPT Pro.
"ChatGPT Pro provides a way for researchers, engineers, and
other individuals who use research-grade intelligence daily to accelerate
their productivity and be at the cutting edge of advancements in AI."
OpenAI has awarded 10 grants of ChatGPT Pro to medical researchers
at leading institutions in the U.S.

In December of 2024, OpenAI announced a new family of models called "o3." 
Learn more here: OpenAI announces new o3 models.
These are not yet available to the public.

• Copilot Pro Plan with more features for individuals (for personal/home accounts)
• Copilot for Microsoft 365 with more features
  for institutions and businesses. (not yet available at UA)

Google
Free
Includes web search results from Google.

Gemini Advanced is also available with more features ($20/mo).

• uses a more powerful model
• you can try their experimental model, Gemini-Exp-1206
  (good at coding and math)
• Generate multi-page reports with Deep Research
• Very large context window: Upload and analyze
  personal files, whole books, or lengthy reports
  - up to 1,500 pages of text.

Anthropic
Free. Also available in Slack.
Built on their own model: Claude 3.5 Sonnet which includes:

• data analysis
• coding
• vision (upload images and ask questions about them)
• "Artifacts" - these allow Claude to share standalone content
  in a dedicated window separate from the main conversation.
• Tailor Claude’s responses to your personal style,
  generate a custom style based on your own writing.

Pro version ($20/mo) 

Focused on reliability and safety.
No web search results. Trained on data through April 2024.

Generate practice exams or collaboration guides for group projects.
See A student's guide to using Perplexity Spaces.

Meta
Free, built on Meta Llama 3.1
Includes web search results. 

Log in with your Facebook or Instagram account.

You can also access the chatbot on WhatsApp, Instagram,
Messenger, or Facebook, by typing "@meta ai" within chats.

Learn more.