What are the main AI chat tools (LLMs) available and which one should I use?

The major large language models (LLMs) include ChatGPT from OpenAI, Gemini from Google, Grok from X, Llama from Meta (in Instagram and Facebook), Claude from Anthropic, and Mistral from France, plus various open-source and Chinese options like DeepSeek. They’re all roughly equivalent in capability. Rankings constantly change, with different models leading at different times, so worrying about which is ‘best’ is a waste of time. Pick one or a few favorites and just start experimenting with them. The most important thing is to start using them, not to find the perfect one.

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Asked by an artist overwhelmed by AI options · Answered by Patrick Shanahan · art-marketing-podcast · 2025-05-30