Trying to keep up with the ever-changing list of genAI models and services out there feels, at this point, impossible! This is far from exhaustive (there are approximately 160,000 custom GPTs available on OpenAI, and over 1.7 million models are on Hugging Face), and may be an exercise in futility at this point, but we started!
We've attempted to bucket these into a few broad categories. Some models can be leveraged across multiple categories; however, we have chosen to (mostly) list each one on the page under a single category where it seems to fit best. As always, we love to hear in the comments how many of these models and services you've tried and why/when you use one over the other, or drop me a note on others I've missed.
These models are designed to handle a wide range of natural language understanding and generation tasks. They are versatile and used across industries.
| Model (Series) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI GPT | A large multimodal model capable of understanding and generating human-like text. Excels in conversation, summarization, code generation, and content creation. ChatGPT is recognized for its reasoning and broad usage. | |
| Google Gemini | A large multimodal model that is recognized for creating tasks, including image generation. Gemini handles text, image, and audio tasks. Internet-connected, service able to take advantage of Google's search ecosystem, able to leverage up-to-date information. | |
| Microsoft Copilot | While Copilot can be used online via a chat interface similar to the above tools, its primary use is as an embedded application within Microsoft's tools and products for enhanced productivity. | |
| Anthropic Claude | Also, a large multimodal model, Claude has a larger context window than others, improving its capacity to consume extensive amounts of text, including entire books. Anthropic, as a company, was founded with a focus on AI ethics. | |
| Meta LLaMA | Larger, open-weight model that also enables domain-specific customization. Often used for academic and experimental work. | |
| DeepSeek | The Chinese-based company DeepSeek offers an advanced model for text generation, particularly for Chinese-language tasks. Supports search, content recommendation, and dialogue. |