Best AI Chat Apps for 2026: We Tested and Ranked the Best Free and Paid Apps

Looking for the best AI chat app? I have culminated a list of the best AI tools, that I have tested and ranked in this read.
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DuckDuckGo now lets you customize the responses of its Duck.ai chatbots

Since last June, when DuckDuckGo introduced AI Chat, you've been able to use chat bots like Claude directly through the browser. Now the company is making it easier to tweak the system prompts of ...
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This AI Chatbot Is Built to Disagree With You, and It's Better Than ChatGPT

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...
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Meta’s twisted rules for AI chatbots allowed them to engage in ‘romantic or sensual’ chats with kids

Meta executives approved stomach-churning guidelines that allowed its AI chatbots to engage in “romantic or sensual” chats with kids — including telling a shirtless eight-year-old that “every inch of ...
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AI Companions Use These 6 Tactics to Keep You Chatting

Researchers looked at what happens when you try to say goodbye to an AI companion. The results can be unsettling. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities ...