The TryAI blog
Guides, benchmarks, and unfiltered opinions to help you get more out of every AI model.
TryAI just passed 10,000 signups
Ten thousand people have signed up to run GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok from one account. Here is what they actually pick, what surprised us, and a thank-you.
"Drawing" the Mona Lisa with GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, and Grok
Four frontier models, a blank canvas, and colored pencils. We tracked every stroke, dollar, and output as they tried to draw the Mona Lisa.
$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol
We gave Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol the same song, a budget, web search, and local ffmpeg, then let each autonomously direct a music video.
GPT-5.6, Grok 4.5, Claude, and Muse Spark build the same 4 apps
GPT-5.6's new Sol, Terra, and Luna tiers go head-to-head with Grok 4.5, Claude, Meta's Muse Spark, and the open-weights crew on a raycaster, a Rubik's cube, a calculator, and Game of Life. Here's every build, with cost and latency.
We made Grok 4.5, GPT-5.5, and Claude build the same apps
Grok 4.5 just launched. So we had it, GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, and Fable 5 one-shot the same interactive apps, then measured latency and cost. Here is who won.
Meta's Muse Image vs the best image models you can actually use
Meta shipped Muse Image with a wall of preset prompts. We ran its text-to-image prompts through Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2, and FLUX 2 Pro. Here is how they compare.
The most intelligent AI you can actually use right now
The best models are locked behind government previews and invite-only lists. Here is the smartest one you can actually run today, with latency and cost we measured ourselves.
The best AI image generators in 2026
The best AI image generators in 2026, ranked with opinions: which wins on realism, which nails text, and which one to actually open first.
How to try Veo 3.1 for AI video generation
A quick, no-nonsense guide to generating video with Veo 3.1: native audio, prompt tips that actually work, and how it stacks up against Seedance and Kling.
GPT-5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.8: which should you use?
The two most-used frontier models of 2026, head to head on intelligence, coding, context, price, and speed, with an actual verdict instead of a shrug.
The best AI model for coding in 2026
A benchmark-backed, opinionated guide to the best AI coding models in 2026: which to default to, which to splurge on, and which to use when the bill matters.