Which chatbot to pick for your first AI experience

If you're overwhelmed by AI chatter, you're not alone. Right now, it feels like AI shows up in every tool, app, headline, and workplace conversation – whether your boss is keen on integrating it into everything or firmly against it. And alongside the hype, there are genuine concerns about its impact on jobs, the way we think, and whether we should be using it at work at all.

If you're hesitant, you're not alone. All of these concerns are real. But it's still true that, used sensibly, AI chatbots can genuinely help people with planning, writing, organizing thoughts, summarizing information, and creating images.

Chatbots are essentially text-based conversation tools. You type, they reply. Like messaging someone who can draft an email, explain a concept, or help you think something through. But it's not a friend or colleague, it's ...