ChatGPT 3.5. This is the free version of ChatGPT that came out in November 2022. It’s very fast but it’s not connected to the internet. If you ask it to look up anything beyond 2021, it will get it wrong (and may even lie about it).
ChatGPT 4.0. This is the new version of ChatGPT, available for a fee. It’s very powerful and the most capable of the models. It’s also not connected to the internet, but it tends to be more accurate about what it knows and what it doesn’t.
Bing AI. This LLM is connected to the internet. If you ask it to look something up, it will produce links to online content. In “Creative Mode,” it uses the same advanced AI model as ChatGPT 4.0. “Balanced” and “Precise” mode results are not as good for most teaching tasks, as they use less powerful models.
Google Bard.(Now Gemini) Google’s LLM is not connected to the internet and is not as good as the other models. Future versions may be more powerful.
Anthropic Claude. This model is also not connected to the internet, but it is very good at writing tasks, though it’s not as popular as the others.
Source: Mollick, E. & L. Mollick. (2023, May 2).Let ChatGPT Be Your Teaching Assistant. Harvard Business Publishing Education. https://hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-minds/let-chatgpt-be-your-teaching-assistant/?cid=event%7Cwebinar%7Cchat-link-im-article-2023-05-02-webinar-unlocking-the-power-of-ai%7Cnone%7Cwebinar%7Cattendee%7Cinspiring-minds-article%7Cmay2023
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