Cabinet 26 · Row C Drawer A·I · 2026 Cards 1–4 of 4
AI · 005 · CLA
accession 2026-A0501

★ Claudeconversational AI assistant

Anthropic, publisher · founded 2021

Family of models in three tiers: Opus, Sonnet, Haiku. Widely cited in 2026 for long form writing, document analysis, and software engineering. Includes Claude Code, a terminal based agent for development work.

writingcodelong contextanalysiscomputer use
tier · free, pro $20/mo api · available shelf · active
AI · 005 · CHA
accession 2026-A0502

ChatGPTconversational AI assistant

OpenAI, publisher · founded 2015

The most widely adopted consumer assistant of the period. GPT model family. Strong multimodal feature set including image generation, voice conversation, and custom GPT configurations.

multimodalvoiceimage genecosystemplugins
tier · free, plus $20/mo api · available shelf · active
AI · 005 · GEM
accession 2026-A0503

Geminiconversational AI assistant

Google, publisher · Google DeepMind

Deeply integrated with Google Workspace, Search, and Android. Notable for very long context windows and mature multimodal support including video understanding. Includes Deep Research mode.

workspacelong contextvideoresearchsearch
tier · free, AI Pro ~$20/mo api · available shelf · active
AI · 005 · GRO
accession 2026-A0504

Grokconversational AI assistant

xAI, publisher · founded 2023

Distinguished by real time access to content on X, with a more conversational tone by design. Available through X subscriptions and standalone tiers from xAI.

real timeX integrationcasualnewschat
tier · free, via X Premium api · available shelf · active
Reference Section · AI Assistant Comparison · 2026 Edition
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