The AI Toolkit: Choosing Between ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and More

Understand the kinds of AI tools and the main chatbots without hype.

• Chatbots, image tools, voice tools, notes tools and AI inside apps
• ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and others: who makes them and what they are for
• Tools and features change often, so we compare live
• Age rules differ by tool and change: how to find and read them
• Why no single tool is best at everything

Practice: Make a table of five AI tools you have heard of, with what each is for and its own age rules, found on its official page

Test tools on the same writing and research task and judge the results.

• Fair test design: same prompt, same task, same checklist
• Writing: clarity, tone, accuracy, editing
• Research: tools that show sources versus tools that do not, and how to check both
• Long documents, summaries and following instructions
• Judging answers instead of picking a favourite brand

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Practice: Run the same three tasks on three tools and score them using your own checklist

Use image, voice and note-taking AI tools carefully and know their limits.

• AI image tools: prompts, style, mistakes, labelling AI-made images
• Voice: speaking to a chatbot and speech-to-text tools; why you do not share a voice sample casually
• Meeting and class notes tools and what happens to recordings
• Copyright and credit: who owns AI-made content is a complicated question, so check rules
• Never create fake images or voices of real people

Practice: Create one labelled AI image, one voice note summary and one notes summary, then review their mistakes

Check settings and decide what you can safely share with each tool.

• Finding privacy and data settings, including whether chats may be used to improve a tool
• Chat history, deleting chats and shared links
• What never to type: passwords, OTPs, ID numbers, bank details, private documents
• Strong passwords, two-step login and phishing look-alike apps
• Family rules: shared devices and children's accounts

Practice: Do a privacy check-up of one tool, as a demo or with an adult, and write what you changed

Understand what free and paid plans usually change and decide whether you need either.

• Free plans usually have limits and fewer features; paid plans usually give more use and features
• Plans change often, so check the official page, with no prices memorised
• Do you need paid access? A simple decision checklist
• Avoid look-alike apps, fake 'premium' sites and unofficial resellers
• Student offers and school or college rules

Practice: A one-page decision sheet: what you use AI for and what plan, if any, you actually need

Put your tool choices, checking habits and safety rules into one simple routine.

• Mapping tasks to tools: study, writing, planning, creating
• A checking step for every task
• Prompt notes you reuse
• Review every month: tools change, so does your routine
• Using AI to learn while staying honest at school, college and work

Practice: Final project: your personal AI workflow poster with tools, rules and checks