WSJ's AI Showdown: Which Chatbot Reigns Supreme in the Wild?
The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern took AI chatbots, including Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, ChatGPT, and Google's Gemini, on a 24-hour excursion in the woods to test their capabilities. While the chatbots provided similar responses to tasks like fire-starting and recipe suggestions, Microsoft's Copilot was noted for being overly friendly and annoying, akin to "an annoying kid in class." The experiment highlighted the chatbots' limitations in replicating human touch and emotions, despite their increasing human-like interactions. Microsoft's Copilot update has faced criticism for trying too hard to be a friend rather than a tool.