My Journey Learning AI: My favorite free AI tools

I've been testing every AI model I am aware of since the beginning of 2023. Therefore, I personally have had the opportunity to test many free AI services online for free. It's not easy to judge which is best, but as a human, I have my favorites.

My top AI tools (today) are the following:

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B It has the best from Deepseek reasoning model for free, but hosted in the US in a fast environment to run. I've already tested it by asking about China's Tiananmen Square massacre, delicate information that cannot be said in its homeland.

Qwen is A wonderful nonreasoning model that beats every one of its kind.

Perplexity The best search engine today, it replies to human questions and shows the sources where to corroborate the info. Also, you can add it as a default search engine.

Gemini Has released Flash 2.0 with reasoning capabilities for free, and Imagen 3 its image generator is very powerful. Cons: It may deny to talk.

Google AI Studio: The lab where the newest Google advancements are Beta tested. Here, you can share the screen with AI and talk like a human.

ChatGPT is the Best AI known; it has the top features, like reading aloud, keeping a comprehensive history of chats, and remembering your personality and preferences. Great to call and live voice talk.

Claude Sometimes denies to talk, but he is well known for the best ability to compose text. This model has no image generator but is unique in its kind to generate diagrams.