• What are the best free AI apps for old iPhones?

    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 8 16:00:35 2025
    Like in 11 Pro Max?

    Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Apr 8 19:28:36 2025
    On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 16:00:35 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    Like in 11 Pro Max?

    Good question. I looked up the answer for you.

    ChatGPT (by OpenAI):
    iOS: <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatgpt/id6448311069>
    Android: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.openai.chatgpt>
    <https://chatgpt.com>

    Gemini (by Google DeepMind):
    iOS: <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-gemini/id6477489729>
    Android: <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.gemini>
    <https://gemini.google.com>
    <https://deepmind.com/research>

    There are others, but I tested the web sites of both of those.
    Neither requires a login. ChatGPT nags you; but doesn't require it.
    Google Gemini only nags you to upgrade; but doesn't require it either.

    Good luck. Let us all know how it works as I have an old iPhone also.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Apr 8 20:46:51 2025
    I forgot to mention Siri is awful even with basic questions. :(


    Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
    Like in 11 Pro Max?

    Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to Chris on Tue Apr 8 20:52:39 2025
    On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:19:25 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote :


    Like in 11 Pro Max?

    Good question. I looked up the answer for you.

    Ant asked for the best ones, not a list.
    What do you recommend from your experience?

    Well, I'm NOT an expert. So take everything below with a grain of salt.

    Oh, I have no doubt which is the best, but I hate to say it, because it's
    from Google (actually ABC bought it from DeepMind so it's kind of not).

    I may be wrong, as I have only been testing the chatgpt & Gemini web
    interface on Windows against each other for about the past week or so.

    I paste the EXACT same question of both of them. CoPilot too.
    But CoPilot is not on Android or iOS so I will ignore Copilot for this.

    Hands down, unfortunately, Google AI results are far better than ChatGPT. Although both make mistakes that are sophomoric. They don't check things.

    Both will apologize profusely when you catch them in an error.
    But Google Gemini realizes its mistakes way (way!) sooner than ChatGPT.
    It's shockingly bad how many "turns" it takes to get ChatGPT to be right.

    An example is I asked for a greyhound bus schedule out of Yreka California
    and an Amtrak train schedule out of nearby Weed California and then I asked
    the same question for Dunsmuir California (all three are near each other).

    Try it. Watch what happens if you ask what buses come out of there.
    (Hopefully they both learned by now the correct answer.)

    Neither gave me the correct answer (as I knew the correct answer).
    But hopefully both learned by now (as that's the main point of AI).

    I've been asking the *same* questions of both of them for a week now.
    By far, unfortunately, Gemini puts ChatGPT to shame. Too bad.

    ChatGPT makes the dumbest of mistakes, like if you ask it for a URL to a
    site, it gives you a URL which is completely fabricated. It doesn't test
    it.

    At least Google Gemini, when it gives you a Url, that URL is real.
    So, if you ask my opinion, at the moment, ChatGPT sucks compared to Gemini.

    To bad as I'm no fan of Google.

    BTW, one nice thing about ChatGPT is you can say:
    Hey Siri - call ChatGPT (1.800.chat.gpt)

    It will call it (if you put "ChatGPT" in your contacts, of course.)
    But you only get 15 minutes a month.

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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Apr 8 20:59:14 2025
    On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:46:51 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    I forgot to mention Siri is awful even with basic questions. :(

    I forgot to mention that you can use Siri with chatGPT.

    Here's how I did it at the old people's home that I volunteer at.

    1. Put 1.800.chatgpt in your phone contacts as "chatgpt".
    2. Then say, "Hey Siri... call ChatGPT"
    3. It will call and you can ask the question by voice
    and it will respond by voice.

    But....

    a. I think it works only in the USA.
    b. And I think it's limited to 15 minutes per month.
    c. And... I think there's no way to extend that limit...

    I also forgot to mention that the Gemini app (at least on Android), will
    listen to a voice question & talk out the answer also.

    The reason talking is important is because these older people (older than I
    am anyway) can't really use their fingers all that much anymore.

    So I'm desperately trying to find them a way to ask AI questions without
    them having to pay money to get the app to listen to a voice query and to
    speak out the answer.

    So far, the best two I have found are those above, but there may be others.

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  • From Marion@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Tue Apr 8 22:14:17 2025
    On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 21:25:49 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :


    Grok seems to be the most polished.

    Ah. Great! Like you, I have been testing ChatGPT, Gemini & Copilot the same
    way you're doing it (by asking the exact same question of each).

    I didn't know about Grok AI though.
    Looking it up (so that others don't have to)... here are the links.

    <https://grok.com>
    <https://apps.apple.com/au/app/grok-by-xai/id6670324846>
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.x.grok>
    <there is no official windows app for grok yet>

    I'm no expert, but I googled and it seems, unfortunately, Grok requires a username/password (which, for me, is a deal breaker but maybe not for Ant).

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Marion on Wed Apr 9 02:02:41 2025
    Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:46:51 -0000 (UTC), Ant wrote :


    I forgot to mention Siri is awful even with basic questions. :(

    I forgot to mention that you can use Siri with chatGPT.

    Here's how I did it at the old people's home that I volunteer at.

    1. Put 1.800.chatgpt in your phone contacts as "chatgpt".
    2. Then say, "Hey Siri... call ChatGPT"
    3. It will call and you can ask the question by voice
    and it will respond by voice.

    I prefer not to give these services my phone numbers and e-mail addresses (should had mentioned this in my original post).


    But....

    a. I think it works only in the USA.
    b. And I think it's limited to 15 minutes per month.
    c. And... I think there's no way to extend that limit...

    Wow, even if paying the service for those want to?


    I also forgot to mention that the Gemini app (at least on Android), will listen to a voice question & talk out the answer also.

    The reason talking is important is because these older people (older than I am anyway) can't really use their fingers all that much anymore.

    So I'm desperately trying to find them a way to ask AI questions without
    them having to pay money to get the app to listen to a voice query and to speak out the answer.

    So far, the best two I have found are those above, but there may be others.

    Thanks, man.
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Marion on Wed Apr 9 02:05:31 2025
    Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 21:25:49 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :


    Grok seems to be the most polished.

    Ah. Great! Like you, I have been testing ChatGPT, Gemini & Copilot the same way you're doing it (by asking the exact same question of each).

    I didn't know about Grok AI though.
    Looking it up (so that others don't have to)... here are the links.

    <https://grok.com>
    <https://apps.apple.com/au/app/grok-by-xai/id6670324846>
    <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.x.grok>
    <there is no official windows app for grok yet>

    I'm no expert, but I googled and it seems, unfortunately, Grok requires a username/password (which, for me, is a deal breaker but maybe not for Ant).

    Deal breaker for me too. It looks like ChatGPT will be OK although I get annoyed with its vibrations! I cannot turn it off in this app. There's
    no setting for it. I don't want to turn it off for all apps. Just this app!
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