A Black Friday test of the free ChatGPT and Gemini found ChatGPT saved $322 on four gadgets and Gemini $156, and both got some prices wrong

Android Police asked the free tiers of ChatGPT and Gemini for the lowest price on four gadgets worth $1,450 at full price. ChatGPT's picks came to $1,128, a saving of $322, and Gemini's to $1,294, a saving of $156. Both made mistakes: ChatGPT mixed up two phones at one point, and Gemini called a $465 smartwatch the lowest price when another store had it for $299.

• Open the store page yourself and check the price and stock before you pay, because links from a chatbot sometimes land on a search page or a different item.
• Ask the chatbot whether a deal is real and look at a price history for the item, since both tools were caught repeating an inflated 'was' price or an expired offer.

Source: Android Police. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Google, from its own announcement. How we source and credit