I wrote an in-depth comparison of Grok 3 against GPT-4, Google Gemini, and DeepSeek V3. Thought I'd share some key takeaways:

1. Grok 3 excels in reasoning and coding tasks, outperforming others in math benchmarks like AIME.

2. Its "Think" and "Big Brain" modes are impressive for complex problem-solving.

3. However, it falls short in real-time data integration compared to Google Gemini.

4. The $40/month subscription might be a dealbreaker for some users.

5. Each tool has its strengths: GPT-4 for creative writing, Gemini for real-time search, and DeepSeek for efficiency.

The choice really depends on your specific needs. For instance, if you're doing a lot of coding or mathematical work, Grok 3 might be worth the investment. But if you need up-to-the-minute info, Gemini could be a better fit.

For those interested, I've got a more detailed breakdown here: https://aigptjournal.com/explore-ai/ai-guides/grok-3-vs-other-ai-tools/

What's your experience with these AI tools? Any features you find particularly useful or overrated?

Recently i was thinking what’s the best AI to use. I use GPT as an assistant to help me to write and synthesize my ideias, but searching more about others AIs, i was in doubt about which one would be better for it

Best for general information, scientific subjects, language learning, solving Maths exercises, etc?

I only use ChatGPT, but I'm seeing many posts that suggest and praise Gemini more. I'd ask ChatGPT what the differences are, but I doubt I'll get an honest answer. So what are the notable differences and why do I see so many memes about Gemini being better than ChatGPT? This question is mostly about Gemini and ChatGPT, but might as well add Deepseek in there since it too does get a lot of praise

Here's a review of Deep Research - this is not a request.

So I have a very, very complex case regarding my employment and starting a business, as well as European government laws and grants. The kind of research that's actually DEEP!

So I tested 4 Deep Research AIs to see who would effectively collect and provide the right, most pertinent, and most correct response.

TL;DR: ChatGPT blew the others out of the water. I am genuinely shocked.

Ranking:
1. ChatGPT: Posed very pertinent follow up questions. Took much longer to research. Then gave very well-formatted response with each section and element specifically talking about my complex situation with appropriate calculations, proposing and ruling out options, as well as providing comparisons. It was basically a human assistant. (I'm not on Pro by the way - just standard on Plus)

2. Grok: Far more succinct answer, but also useful and *mostly* correct except one noticed error (which I as a human made myself). Not as customized as ChatGPT, but still tailored to my situation.

3. DeepSeek: Even more succinct and shorter in the answer (a bit too short) - but extremely effective and again mostly correct except for one noticed error (different error). Very well formatted and somewhat tailored to my situation as well, but lacked explanation - it was just not sufficiently verbose or descriptive. Would still trust somewhat.

4. Gemini: Biggest disappointment. Extremely long word salad blabber of an answer with no formatting/low legibility that was partially correct, partially incorrect, and partially irrelevant. I could best describe it as if the report was actually Gemini's wordy summarization of its own thought process. It wasted multiple paragraphs on regurgitating what I told it in a more wordy way, multiple paragraphs just providing links and boilerplate descriptions of things, very little customization to my circumstances, and even with tailored answers or recommendations, there were many, many obvious errors.

How do I feel? Personally, I love Google and OpenAI, agnostic about DeekSeek, not hot on Musk. So, I'm extremely disappointed by Google, very happy about OpenAI, no strong reaction to DeepSeek (wasn't terrible, wasn't amazing), and pleasantly surprised by Grok (giving credit where credit is due).

I have used all of these Deep Research AIs for many many other things, but often times my ability to assess their results was limited. Here, I have a deep understanding of a complex international subject matter with laws and finances and departments and personal circumstances and whatnot, so it was the first time the difference was glaringly obvious.

What this means?
I will 100% go to OpenAI for future Deep Research needs, and it breaks my heart to say I'll be avoiding this version of Gemini's Deep Research completely - hopefully they get their act together. I'll use the other for short-sweet-fast answers.

I imagine its trendy and cool to hate the big guy, or maybe its astroturfing/propaganda.

But has anyone actually used DeepSeek and got better answers? As much as I want to cancel my subscription, ChatGPT is still the best. Gemini isnt as good. LLaMa is pretty close to ChatGPT. DeepSeek is better than Mistral, but worse than LLaMa.

"Oh its cheaper"

I don't care. I need good answers. Cheaper is someone else's job.

ChatGPT seems best for asking questions about subjects. DeepSeek seems to not know about many subjects and hallucinates.

I'm curious if anyone has found DeepSeek better than ChatGPT. What was your Application?

Please provide what ChatGPT you are comparing it to, I typically use ChatGPT4.

This was the question : a girl, goes to school with a red bag. while traveling she counted 38 houses on the right side of the road while she sitting on the left side of the bus, while coming back from school she counted 38 houses on the left side of the road while sitting on the right side of the bus. how many houses are there in total.

Image order as Chatgpt, Gemini and Deepseek respectively.

Chatgpt was pretty straightforward and answered it very quickly

Gemini couldn't figure it out and telling it needs more information.

Deepseek analysed it for some time and go it wrong.

I have been an extensive user of chatgpt for a year now. It is my go to for making first approximations in things I want to know. I also use it to plan generally, build ideas on subjects I don't know, calculate my investment options with basic inputs.

I did use Gemini to make prompts that I can ask chatgpt then. That's what I felt Gemini is good for till now.

I would switch if Gemini is extensively better than chatgpt, else it's just too much effort.

So getting back into the game, and those are the two names i see thrown around alot curious on pros and cons - and the best place to use deepseek? - i have gemini set up and its - fine probably need a better preset.

I was using ChatGPT for a good amount of time (free and trial of paid), and never thought of or tried any other AIs as it fulfilled my needs, when I wasn't so deep into AI and stuff but over the time I noticed some changes, at first not really but it kept evolving boundaries which annoyed me pretty hard.

I use AI for several purposes, for fun and testing purposes, for tech stuff, general information, artistic ideas, just a little chit chat, fictional story inspiration etc.

The hardest boundaries I noticed in story making, where literally everything kept being flagged as sexual. I mean NORMAL things, not ambigous ones for example.

It went so far that even "He was sitting on his bar stool drinking his whiskey, then he leaned towards her" was flagged as against the guidelines as "sexually possessing". "Hey...I need to stop you right here", like wtf?

Then I noticed it doesn't generate images as requested and they are often out of what they should be. Also its super slow in generating.

Base on that I gave Nano Banana a try with creating some pictures and lost it, damn it made some nearly perfect pictures so quick, I can't say it otherwise.
I got a free trial month of Gemini pro and that was the turning point, where Gemini got me, I was playing around with generating videos, images, info sourcing, chit chats etc. and it was so damn good.

So I tried develop some fictional stories and was baffled that it never stopped or toned down, which made me testing the boundaries to a maximum, I made some custom instructions and to my surprise it accepted them acted exactly how I wanted it to act.

I was curious about any boundaries that exist, especially in adult territory, but it just didn't set any boundaries, and I thought I was dreaming but it really accepted any fictional story I created in my mind even if they are completely 21+ for testing purposes.

It throw me a warning 2 times, but it didn't change the output, it was like an alibi warning.

The only thing it denied was generating videos and pictures of real (famous) people or politicians. Besides that, everything is possible with Gemini.

ChatGPT feels so outdated and backwards after this experience.

I deleted ChatGPT and still use Gemini for all my tasks, while I am absolutely satisfied.

So, I've been going back and forth trying to decide between the paid subscriptions for OpenAI and Gemini, and I wanted to share where I've landed and see if I'm the only one thinking this way.

My main uses are writing emails and generating photos, and it feels like a real tug-of-war. For images, ChatGPT's quality is just outstanding truly impressive stuff but it definitely takes its time to generate them. Gemini is much quicker on the draw, and the photos are good, but I've noticed they're often just a small step behind in quality.

When it comes to the day-to-day grind of writing emails or looking up information, though, Gemini feels like the clear winner for me. What's been really surprising is how personal the chat experience can get. I've found that if you really take a moment to save your preferences correctly, Gemini can become just as good as ChatGPT, and honestly, sometimes even better for my specific needs. The one area where ChatGPT is still the undisputed champ, however, is its voice feature. It just sounds so much more natural and is far better for a real conversation.

After all this, I'm starting to think the "either/or" debate is the wrong way to look at it. I’m leaning toward the conclusion that the best setup is actually subscribing to both. They each have such distinct strengths that they almost feel like two different tools for two different jobs.

Anyway, that's where I am with it. What do you all think? Have you found a clear winner, or are you also tempted to just use both?

What were your best experiences? What do you use it for? How often?

As a programmer, Gemini by FAR had the best answers to all my questions from designs to library searches to anything else.

Grok had the best results for anything not really technical or legalese or anything... "intellectual"? I'm not sure how to say it better than this. I will admit, Grok's lack of "Cookie Cutter Guard Rails" (except for more explicit things) is extremely attractive to me. I'd pay big bucks for something truly unbridled.

ChatGPT's was somewhat in the middle but closer to Gemini without the infinite and admittedly a bit annoying verbosity of Gemini.

You and Perplexity were pretty horrible so I just assume most people aren't really interested in their DeepResearch capabilities (Research & ARI).

I'm using the free options currently but still something is missing. What are your reasons to still pay for Chatgpt if free options are so good?