Where to start with AI
If the only thing you've done so far is ask ChatGPT a question like you'd use Google, this is for you. No jargon.
What are these "AI chats", and which one do I start with?
They can feel like searching Google, but they're not: they don't hand you a list of pages to pick through and read — they answer you directly, like asking a person who knows a lot. These are the three most used today. Trying just one is enough to get started.
ChatGPT
The most popularYou type what you need, like sending a WhatsApp message, and it replies right away with an answer written just for you. It's the best known and most used — a safe bet to start with.
- Ask it something you don't understand, and it'll explain it as many times as it takes.
- Take a photo of a bill, a sign, or a set of instructions and ask what it says.
- Ask it to help you write a tricky message or email, like a complaint.
Claude
The most polishedIt works a lot like ChatGPT — you type, it replies — but it shines with longer requests: you can paste in an entire document and it'll help you understand or summarize it.
- Paste in a contract, a manual, or a long email and ask it to explain it in plain words.
- Ask it to check something you wrote, so it reads clean and error-free.
- Ask it to summarize a long piece of text in a few lines.
Gemini
The most integratedIt's Google's version of this same kind of assistant. If you use Gmail or an Android phone, you already have it — no extra install needed.
- Ask it to summarize the emails you haven't read yet.
- Ask it to help you write a document without leaving Google Docs.
- Ask it something right from Google Search and get the answer already put together.
Have something more specific to solve?
Pick the situation that sounds most like you and try the tool we suggest. Most have a free plan, so trying costs nothing.
Want to write better and faster?
Emails, an awkward message, summarizing a long text, or drafting something for work or school. You describe what you need and it gives you a draft to edit.
Need an image and don't know how to design?
A cover, a flyer, or something for social media. No Photoshop needed: you describe what you want and it builds options for you to pick and edit.
Tasks piling up and don't know where to start?
Instead of an endless list in your head, these tools help you jot things down, organize them, and even automatically prioritize what you have pending.
Missed a meeting or class?
They connect to Zoom, Meet or Teams (or record directly), transcribe everything, and put together a summary of what mattered.
Want to put together a video for social media without installing anything complicated?
Cut, caption and add effects to a video for Instagram or TikTok, from your phone or browser, with ready-made templates.
Tired of searching Google and opening fifteen tabs?
Instead of comparing sources yourself, you ask it directly and it answers citing where each piece of data came from.
Now what?
Just trying one of these will already give you a much clearer idea of what AI is good for in your day to day. When you want to go deeper, diria has the rest organized by category, and direct comparisons for when you're torn between two options.