ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot — companion videos

The article walks a complete beginner through the four mainstream chatbots and gives a one-line recommendation per use case. The video below takes a slightly different cut at the same problem — the model families and tiers behind those product names — so you don't get lost when the model picker offers you a fast everyday model versus a slower reasoning model.

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Every AI Model Explained

Tina Huang

A calm 19-minute map of the major model families — OpenAI's GPT line, Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini, plus the open-source players — and which tier inside each family is worth your time. After the article tells you "pick one and stick with it for a month," this video tells you what the dropdown menu inside that one is actually offering. Honestly opinionated without being a hot take.

What you should get from this: Understand the product and model-family landscape well enough to choose one starting tool and stop endlessly comparing tabs.

Watch or know first: Basic awareness that a chatbot product and the model selected inside it are different decisions.

AI Expert note: Model names, rankings and default choices are especially unstable. Keep the beginner rule: choose a mainstream product that fits the job, then evaluate outputs on your own examples instead of trusting leaderboard claims.

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