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I tested ChatGPT vs. Perplexity with the same 5 prompts — the winner surprised me
By Amanda Caswell published
ChatGPT and Perplexity face off in our first round of Tom's Guide's annual AI Madness championship.

I tested the 'Creative Intelligence' of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini — here's the only one that actually feels human
By Amanda Caswell published
I asked ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini to compete in seven humor challenges — from roasting me to writing absurd jokes. The results reveal which AI is actually the funniest.

I asked Claude for AI image prompts — here are the 7 worth trying
By Amanda Caswell published
I asked Claude to write detailed prompts and used them to test ChatGPT against Nano Banana across seven image styles — from photorealism to fantasy. The results were surprisingly uneven.

I tested the the 'Potato' prompt on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini — here’s which AI is the harshest critic
By Amanda Caswell published
A simple one-word prompt can turn friendly chatbots into brutally honest critics — I tested it on ChatGPT and Claude to see which AI gives the toughest feedback.

I just tested ChatGPT vs Perplexity for research — and there's a very clear winner
By Elton Jones last updated
Across three tests, I concluded which chatbot (ChatGPT and Perplexity) is better at handling my research prompts

I ran 7 real-world prompts on Gemini 3 and Claude Sonnet 4.6 — the results surprised me
By Amanda Caswell published
I tested Gemini 3 Flash and Claude Sonnet 4.6 with 7 real-world prompts to see which AI assistant performs better for reasoning, planning, writing and creativity.

I put Perplexity and Claude in a head-to-head battle — and the winner shocked me
By Elton Jones published
I took a break from ChatGPT to put Perplexity and Claude through a variety of tests to see which AI tool emerged as the better alternative

I challenged ChatGPT-5.2 and Nano Banana 2 with AI image prompts — and one blew the other away
By Elton Jones last updated
I tested ChatGPT-5.2 against Nano Banana 2 against each other to see which chatbot can generate the best-looking AI images based on my descriptive prompts
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