# AI assistants and chatbots

A guide to notable AI assistants and chatbots, spanning leading general-purpose assistants, on-device and platform assistants, regional and multilingual services, and companion-style chat, grouped by focus.

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## Leading general-purpose assistants

- [ChatGPT](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/chatgpt/) (OpenAI) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2022-11. Conversational AI assistant from OpenAI, currently powered by the GPT-6 Astra model family, with chat, coding, agents, and multimodal features.
- [Claude](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/claude/) (Anthropic) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2023-03. AI assistant from Anthropic designed for helpful, harmless, and honest dialogue, with the Claude Fable and Mythos 5.1 model family for long-document reasoning and coding.
- [Gemini](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/gemini/) (Google DeepMind) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2023-12. Google's AI assistant, formerly Bard, integrated with Google services and powered by the Gemini 3.8 model family, including Gemini 3.8 Flash.
- [Grok](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/grok/) (xAI) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2023-11. Conversational AI assistant from xAI, integrated with the X platform and offering real-time information, chat, and the Grok 4 model family.
- [Microsoft Copilot](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/microsoft-copilot/) (Microsoft) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2023-02. Microsoft's AI assistant (formerly Bing Chat) for web search, writing, and image generation across Windows, Edge, and Microsoft 365.

## On-device and platform assistants

- [Apple Intelligence](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/apple-intelligence/) (Apple) — AI Assistants, Free, launched 2024-10. Apple's on-device personal intelligence system, built into iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other Apple products, with writing tools, image features, and a more capable Siri.
- [Meta AI](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/meta-ai/) (Meta) — AI Assistants, Free, launched 2023-09. Meta's AI assistant for chat, search, and image generation, integrated across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and the web.

## Regional and multilingual assistants

- [Doubao](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/doubao/) (ByteDance) — AI Assistants, Free, launched 2023-08. Conversational AI assistant from ByteDance offering chat, writing, and image generation.
- [Kimi](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/kimi/) (Moonshot AI) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2023-10. Conversational AI assistant from Moonshot AI, known for very long context windows, document and web analysis, and the Kimi K2 open-weight model line.
- [ERNIE Bot](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/ernie-bot/) (Baidu) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2023-03. Baidu's conversational AI assistant (Wenxin Yiyan) built on its ERNIE large language models.
- [Le Chat](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/le-chat/) (Mistral AI) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2024-02. Conversational assistant from Mistral AI, powered by Mistral's open-weight and commercial models.

## Companion and social chat

- [Character.AI](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/character-ai/) (Character Technologies) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2022-09. Platform for chatting with user-created AI characters and personalities.
- [Pi](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/pi/) (Inflection AI) — AI Assistants, Free, launched 2023-05. Personal AI assistant from Inflection AI designed for empathetic, conversational, back-and-forth chat.
- [Talkie](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/talkie/) (MiniMax) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2023. AI companion app from MiniMax for chatting and role-playing with customizable characters.

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