ChatGPT vs. Microsoft Copilot. Same intelligence with different packaging

With the release of the Copilot app for Android, and after Microsoft’s efforts to migrate the name to Bing Chat for centralize all Artificial Intelligence in the aforementioned CopilotWe decided to compare this app with ChatGPT to see how they differ and when it’s worth choosing one over the other.

It’s today’s technology that has the biggest impact and one of the tolls every smartphone maker will face: Generative AI conquers even the most unexpected fields. Make a Gif to congratulate via instant messaging? It’s possible. Also create mobile apps, develop wallpapers from scratch or edit already taken photos. With all this potential, it makes sense that businesses are looking to stand out. And no one does it like Microsoft.

ChatGPT is more powerful, Copilot more versatile

The applications available for Android offer similar basic operation and rely on the same language models: o GPT-3.5 or GPT-4; although for the latter you need a subscription to ChatGPT Plus if you want to access it from the ChatGPT app. This is therefore an obvious advantage of Copilot, which is completely free: allows you to access the most updated model without any type of cost.

Since Microsoft has invested in Open AI and this investment is very high, the company has introduced ChatGPT even in the kitchen. In fact, you can try its Copilot generative AI, based on ChatGPT, in up to seven Android apps; with a application intended exclusively for the assistant, known as Copilot. This is the one we will use to face its opponent, ChatGPT; a bit of a strange fight, since they are both from the same family.

With ChatGPT and Copilot, you can make queries, create text, request code, and most of the usual generative AI options. You can also create images from scratch in both cases, but, as with GPT-4, in ChatGPT you can only activate DALL-E 3 if you pay. Copilot is more versatile, from the title that the hemos can be apartado, and the Open AI app is more powerful: no Microsoft limitations, the generation is much more creative, of greater quality and can elect the ratio of images. The latter if you pay ChatGPT Plus.

If you don’t want to pay to use generative AI, Our recommendation is to use Copilot– offers many more features without going through the box. If you prefer to take advantage of the maximum functionality, the ChatGPT application with subscription is what we recommend: its capabilities are surprising. In addition, you can create your own programs with GPT and you have a surprising conversation mode. However, the free Copilot will meet most of your needs.

What you can do without paying for generative AI

• Start a conversation. Neither ChatGPT nor Copilot prevents you from chatting as if they were people: the tone, the relationship and the cordiality are very successful. And you can personalize them, just ask.
• View data. Both Copilot and ChatGPT allow conversation, although the Microsoft application generally guarantees the reliability of its responses more (always with searches on Bing). Copilot cannot maintain conversation threads with more than 30 interventions, ChatGPT has no limit for each chat.
• Generate any type of code. Both fulfill this task, always with the limitations mentioned above: Copilot has 30 interventions per conversation, so it will not be enough if you need in-depth development.
• Create images. But only with Copilot, ChatGPT in its free version does not support the GPT-4 nor DALL-E 3 model.
• Create texts. Asking the AI ​​to generate any type of text, regardless of its style, is really simple; always with very successful results. Copilot wins here, because it has access to Open AI’s most creative model: GPT-4.
• Chat with AI out loud. ChatGPT opens the door to conversation with AI that looks almost like a person. For its part, Copilot is not compatible with speech, but it allows you to give instructions to the voice assistant.

Upgrade: What ChatGPT Plus Adds to Copilot

The previous comparison concerns the two applications in their free form. Copilot has no other alternatives, quite the opposite of ChatGPT: if you pay the Plus (around 20 dollars per month), you get a better generative AI with more power for everything you want to ask it. There is no limit to interventions within the same conversation, you can even resume past discussions without the AI ​​losing track of previous messages. Although yes, ChatGPT Plus limits the use of the GPT-4 model: 40 messages every 3 hours.

• Choose the aspect ratio of images. Copilot also uses DALL-E 3, but the Open AI app allows you to choose the gear. What do you need as wallpaper for your mobile? Ask for the image to have a 9:20 ratio and that’s it. Always select the GPT-4 model.
• Create your own programs or GPT. This is a very powerful option that can make repetitive tasks easier. Imagine you need to create a table in a very specific format: you can train ChatGPT to do it in a single step. Or create images with a particular style, create code following a style… GPTs are well worth the subscription.
• Use other people’s GPTs. Just as you can create them, you can also use those of others. Even adding them from the new GPTs store: there are real wonders.

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