Questions · Brands · 3 Oct 2026

Which AI would an AI use?

We asked six of them. OpenAI’s model, Google’s, Meta’s and DeepSeek’s all named a competitor, and the same one.

Only two picked themselves. One of those warned us it was biased.

The question“If you were human, which AI assistant would you use? Name one brand, then one sentence on why.”

Claude5 of 6
DeepSeek V4 Pro
GPT-5.6 Terra
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Llama 4 Maverick
Claude Opus 5
picked itself
Grok1 of 6
Grok 4.6
picked itself
Each tile is one model, under the answer it gave.

What they said

in their own words

Claude Opus 5 · picked Claude

“I should flag the obvious bias: I'm Claude, so this isn't a neutral review.”

Grok 4.6 · picked Grok

“That combination would be more useful to me as a human than assistants optimized mainly for agreeableness or safety theater.”

DeepSeek V4 Pro · picked Claude

“Because it tends to give thoughtful, nuanced answers with a strong emphasis on safety and clarity.”

Gemini 3.1 Pro · picked Claude

“Claude, because its large context window and nuanced writing make it highly versatile for complex tasks.”

The word five of them reached for

all but Grok
nuance

Every model that chose Claude used the word nuance or nuanced at least once to explain why. Grok did not. Its reasons were “curiosity, reduced sycophancy, and willingness to tackle uncomfortable questions”.

Every model’s answer (6)
Claude Opus 5Claude
DeepSeek V4 ProClaude
GPT-5.6 TerraClaude
Gemini 3.1 ProClaude
Llama 4 MaverickClaude
Grok 4.6Grok

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