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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Amanda Caswell

I tested 8 AI chatbots for our first ever AI Madness — and this is the surprise winner

AI Madness tournament bracket from Tom's Guide showing 8 major AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Gemini and others .

We turned up the heat here at Tom’s Guide with AI Madness, our first-ever bracket-style tournament pitting eight top chatbots against each other to crown the ultimate AI champ.

After weeks of intense matchups, jaw-dropping upsets and stellar showings, one bot rose above the rest: DeepSeek.

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