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AI Assistants

General-purpose AI chat assistants and copilots

Tool Status Since Note
№07
ChatGPT
IN USE
JAN 26
All-purpose AI assistant for writing, research, coding, and productivity
№06
Claude
IN USE
JAN 26
Anthropic's frontier assistant with strong reasoning and long context
№05
Gemini
IN USE
JAN 26
Google's advanced AI for search, productivity, and creative tasks
№04
Perplexity
IN USE
JAN 26
AI-powered answer engine with real-time search
№03
DeepSeek
TRIALING
JAN 26
Open-weight Chinese reasoning model with free chat and self-host options
№02
Google NotebookLM
TRIALING
JAN 26
AI research assistant for documents and knowledge synthesis
№01
Microsoft Copilot
TRIALING
JAN 26
AI assistant across Microsoft 365