Please note: This lists the Big Five from the USA. We also use 1) DeepSeek, developed by entrepreneurs in China; 2) Meta from the founders of Facebook, and 3) Mistral, an AI firm based in Paris, France. All eight of these companies are privately held.

— ChatGPT —- — Gemini —— – Claude —- — Grok —- — Perplexity

(Includes DeepSeek, Meta, and Mistral)

Of course, competition makes us stronger, more creative, more alert, and less arrogant. In the greater design of things, continuity, symmetry, and harmony are built-into the very fabric of our being at the finite-infinite transaction level.

Any system will perform better if it holds all three as primaries. Respectful competition may become a new category of penultimates as a result.

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