Gem for WL Lesson Planning: This chat agent in Gemini helps instructors build proficiency focused language lessons. It is trained with ACTFL and CA standards and Can Do Statements. Tell it the language level and theme and it will walk you through the rest. Developed by Nicole Naditz, 2015 ACTFL TOY.
ChatGPT: version 3 is free and does fairly well. Will chat in any language. Like all chatbots, it can be delusion so do this for fun not for facts. Paid versions are more powerful and accurate as one might expect.
Gemini: the Google chatbot. Similar to ChatGPT in functionality. Gemini has a larger context window (memory of the information input) than ChatGPT and is running its own AI platform. Speed and memory make this an extremely powerful engine.
Copilot: a Microsoft chatbot that can manage text in multiple languages and will also turn text into images using Dall-E 3. The app integrates ChatGPT4 but doesn't do well with oral communications, yet. It also doesn't save your communications so you are not able to go back after it has timed out.
Claude: this one is much like the others but it has an artifacts feature that creates interactive elements in its output.
Perplexity: great for informational queries, this one works more like a search engine than a chatbot. Includes source footnotes and searches current web materials for more complete and accurate information that can be easily verified.
ChatBot Arena: compare the responses from 2 gen AIs simultaneously and use or mix and match responses to get what you need. Choose Arena Side-by-Side from the tabs at the top in order to choose which chatbots you want to compare.
Pi: This one is worth watching. At the moment input is only typed but it can read back it's written output. When it reads the output it is still learning the pronunciation rules but it is less mechanical sounding than others. It is growing in the number of languages it can handle.
Chatbot Cheat Sheet: this is a comparison doc that shows the most common of the chatbots with their strength and weaknesses.
AI for Education: 5S Prompt Framework for Educators. Additional downloadable resources to support teaching and learning also available including frameworks for students.