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French AI developer Mistral AI has brought its AIchatbot, aptly named Le Chat, to mobile devices.
Le Chat is a European alternative to U.S. offerings likeChatGPTandGoogleGemini and Chinese-based tools like DeepSeek.
Naturally, I wanted to test it out and see how well it worked.
I didn’t want to just test Le Chat in isolation, though.
I figured if Le Chat could hold its own in direct comparison, it was worth paying attention to.
I tested both chatbots with prompts the average person might submit to an AI chatbot to help them out.
I asked both AI chatbots the following: I just moved to a new city and dont know anyone.
What are some practical ways to make new friends as an adult?
Both chatbots had some solid tips.
ChatGPT went much more specific in coming up with apps and other details to pursue in making friends.
Riddling
I always like using wordplay and logic questions to test out AI chatbots.
I have no body, but I come alive with wind.
If anything, they seemed to be pulling from similar sources.
I noted that Le Chat’s European origin didn’t prevent it from using American dollars as an example.
Picture This
Le Chat has multimodal capabilities, including a model for creating images.
The knight, in gleaming silver armor with gold engravings, wields a rune-glowing greatsword and raises his shield.
The dragon coils around ancient stone ruins, smoke rising from its nostrils.
A fiery sunset casts dramatic hues over swirling clouds and distant mountains."
Both pictures look great despite notable differences in the details.
That said, if you look closely, you will see that both images have classic AI flaws.
And the less said about the shape of the rune-carved gravestones in ChatGPT’s image, the better.
That’s not a bad thing if you want generalized answers and advice in a hurry.
Otherwise, both AI chatbots can handle anything a casual AI chatbot user might toss their way.
