AI Assistants
Research, coding, analysis, and everyday work.
Pick your situation
I need help with coding and development
Which assistant handles real engineering workI work with sensitive or confidential data
What gets stored, what doesn't, and how to checkI need to analyze large documents or reports
Context window limits and what they mean in practiceI want to switch from ChatGPT
What you gain and what you give up by switchingI need AI that works across my whole team
Shared workflows, access controls, collaborationI work in a regulated industry
Healthcare, finance, legal — what compliance actually requiresWhat are you looking for?
Providers worth looking at
ChatGPT
Broadest ecosystem — image, voice, plugins, Microsoft 365
Claude
1M token context, no training on conversations by default
Perplexity
Real-time sourced answers — every response cites its claims
Grok
Real-time X/Twitter data and a less restricted default stance
Start with understanding
How to choose an AI assistant
Guide
The dimensions that matter — and the ones that are mostly marketing.
Switching from ChatGPT — what changes
Compare
What you gain moving to Claude or Perplexity — and what you give up.
AI assistants and your privacy
Trust
Which tools train on conversations and what the policy actually says.
AI reasoning — what it actually means
Explainer
What 'reasoning' models do differently — and when it matters.
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