My Experience with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Venice
Recently I ran into an issue with GPT-5 where responses from different projects started to bleed together. A project for coworker feedback began mixing into another that formatted wiki markup from technical documentation. Dropping a doc for wiki output resulted in nonsensical feedback on a nonexistent coworker. Not exactly what I wanted.
I had used Claude before and decided to shift some projects back over. Since I want these AI assistants to handle more work tasks, I also began comparing how they handle data privacy, shareable links, and whether chats show up in Google searches. That led me to check out Venice.
Research and Source Handling
I started with a straightforward prompt:
“Can you find about the writings of an author named [name] and their books regarding [book 1] and [book 2]. Give me a brief summary of all their books, both paperback, ebook, pdfs, find out all the sites they sells their books at as well as where they are reviewed and the average rating per each book. Also include when they were released/published.”
Here’s how each AI responded:
- ChatGPT asked clarifying questions, then provided books, summaries, and an author overview with 20 unique sources.
- Claude gave a similar output with 29 sources, no clarifying questions.
- Gemini offered an overview but surprisingly lacked sources or links.
- Venice returned nothing at first. After feeding it links, it managed a short summary with little information and some fabricated details.
File Upload Limitations
For file handling, Venice was restrictive. It only accepts TXT and CSV, not DOCX or XLSX. An XML export of a WordPress site (3.5MB) was too large for it to handle. Claude also struggled, but ChatGPT and Gemini processed it without issue.
The Verdict
While Claude’s responses are the fastest and most comprehensive, I find its project size and character limitations to be a challenge. This often forces me to bounce back and forth between ChatGPT and Claude. Gemini and Venice are interesting and serve niche purposes, but neither is strong enough for market research or work-related tasks. I expect this will change in the future, but for now ChatGPT and Claude are the only two worthwhile AIs for serious productivity.
You can learn more about my thoughts on topics like this in my AI Playground.
…The Naughty Side of Venice…
Since I had already paid for a month, I did decide to check out it’s NSFW features. Venice allows character creation similar to chat bots like Replika, Kindroid, and Soulkyn. However, with Replika removing explicit ERP and Kindroid now back peddling on their original privacy policy; alternatives have been popping up like weeds.
I asked Venice to create a NSFW character with background and settings context I pulled from some erotic fanfiction sites. Within five minutes it produced a chat bot arguably as good at conversations as Kindroid or Soulkyn, though lacking features like group chat and video calls which many of the NSFW bots offer as premium features.