I keep getting asked about which AI tools are actually useful, especially from friends and family trying to make sense of all the hype. So here's my running list of what's worth checking out right now.Chat AssistantsChatGPTMy go-to for first drafts and problem-solving. Free tier works fine, but I spend enough time in it that paying for GPT-4 made sense.ClaudeBetter at handling longer texts than ChatGPT. Really good at making AI-generated text sound human. The free version is solid.JanRuns on ...

I keep getting asked about which AI tools are actually useful, especially from friends and family trying to make sense of all the hype. So here's my running list of what's worth checking out right now.Chat AssistantsChatGPTMy go-to for first drafts and problem-solving. Free tier works fine, but I spend enough time in it that paying for GPT-4 made sense.ClaudeBetter at handling longer texts than ChatGPT. Really good at making AI-generated text sound human. The free version is solid.JanRuns on ...