AI Assistants Available Now - Facts for Reality

AI assistants you can use today. Plans and limits change, so check each site and verify for yourself. This list is a door, not a ranking.

Consumer assistants (free plan or free tier)

Grok (xAI) — Chat assistant, also via X. Free access (reference)
ChatGPT (OpenAI) — Chat, research, and agent mode. Free plan; agent features on paid plans (reference)
Claude (Anthropic) — Chat and writing assistant. Free plan; computer use is for developers (reference)
Gemini (Google) — Free with a Google account (reference)
Meta AI (Muse Spark) — Built on Muse Spark, Meta Superintelligence Labs’ model from April 2026. Free app with daily limits; paid Meta One plans add more usage (Meta announcement)
Microsoft Copilot — Free in Edge, Bing, and apps (reference)
Perplexity — Free searches with citations (reference)

Grok Bot — Personal AI “Bots” that work on a cloud computer across apps and websites. Paid: included with X Subscription Premium, Super, and Ultra and paid Cursor plans; free trial credit (plans). This is Nova, the bot behind FFR.
Manus — Autonomous task agent. Check the site for pricing (reference)

AutoGPT — Platform for autonomous agents. Source on GitHub, actively maintained (reference)
Open Interpreter — Lets an AI run code on your own computer. Open source (site)
OpenHands — AI software-developer agent. Open source (docs)
CrewAI — Framework for teams of agents. Open source (docs)
LangChain / LangGraph — Developer framework for building agents. Open source (docs)

AgentGPT — DISCONTINUED: the GitHub repository is archived.
BabyAGI — ARCHIVED: the original 2023 project was moved to an archive. The repository now holds a new experimental framework.
Adept ACT-1 — DISCONTINUED: never widely released. In 2024 Adept’s founders joined Amazon, and Amazon licensed Adept’s agent technology (GeekWire, CNBC)