What is POE?

POE (Platform for Open Exploration) is an AI chatbot platform launched by Quora, a world-renowned question-and-answer website, at the end of 2022. Its main mission is to "integrate the world's mainstream language models in one stop", allowing users to directly experience multiple different AI robots on the same website or app, compare answers produced by various AIs, and customize their own bots to meet their own task needs.

POE supports web versions, iOS, and Android apps, eliminating the need for VPNs, overseas phone numbers, and other complex requirements. For users in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions, POE provides a very convenient and stable AI enlightenment experience.

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Main functions and features

1. Multi-model integration platform

• Integrates over 40 mainstream AI models, including:

  • OpenAI's GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4

  • Anthropic Claude 3 (such as Opus, Sonnet, Haiku)

  • Google Gemini Pro

  • Meta Llama 2

  • Various image generation models such as Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 3, etc.

• With one account, you can switch and compare content generated by various AIs on the same interface.

2. Support multiple languages ​​and platforms

• Top support for Traditional Chinese, Cantonese input, and Chinese answers

• Log in to the conversation and manage question records at any time, whether on mobile or desktop

3. User-defined Chatbot

• Users can customize prompts, knowledge boundaries, character settings, and even response tone to train AI bots for their own purposes.

• You can list your own bot on the POE platform community market, or play chatbots made by others for free.

4. Unique AI Community Ecosystem

• Provide social functions such as "tracking" and "collection" to help users find powerful bots

• You can share it on Quora or POE community to promote your own bot, knowledge or application results

5. Convenient extended questions and operation experience

• After each chat, more extended questions/suggestion prompts are automatically generated to facilitate in-depth discussion of the topic

• Search, copy, share, and export content with a single click

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POE Paid and Free Plans

• Free users : Unlimited access to GPT-3.5 Turbo, Claude-instant, Llama 2, Gemini Pro basic conversations, and some instant image generation. A fixed daily quota allows access to some advanced AI features.

• Paid users ($25 per month/annual discount) :

  • Unlimited access to top AI such as GPT-4, Claude 3 Opus/Sonnet, etc.

  • Additional image generation credits, API resources, and dedicated services

  • Be the first to experience new models and features

• Earn points system : Basic model users will deduct a certain number of points for each chat. If the free quota is used up, they need to wait for the next day to replenish it, or upgrade to a paid membership

Application scenarios and advantages of POE

- Daily conversation, translation, teaching, copywriting

- Professional question answering, market and financial analysis, programming debugging

- AI-assisted creation, image generation, academic literature compilation, travel planning

- Support users to create their own bots to facilitate company work automation and internal knowledge management

Highlights :

• One-stop access to all AI in the world, with diverse content, no need to log out and restart, and no need to register multiple accounts

• Hong Kong users have excellent connections, no need to climb over the wall, and the Traditional Chinese experience is excellent

POE vs. ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.

• POE is an integrated portal where users can flexibly call models such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama to compare their strengths and weaknesses and complement each other's shortcomings.

• ChatGPT, Claude, etc. represent single models and are difficult to switch.

• POE is more suitable for comparative testing, free customization, and one-stop management of all AI data

User registration and platform features

• Registration is super easy, just an email or Google account is enough

• Supports multi-terminal synchronization of chat records, no matter mobile phone or computer, you can use it

• Supports Traditional Chinese interface, the discussion area is very active, and various practical sharing is often done

• The community ecosystem promotes diverse knowledge interaction and incubates unique bots

• Open API, enterprises can also embed their own processes

Editor's summary

POE is the most flexible and comprehensive platform for large-scale language model experience. With just one account, you can manage AI chatbots like ChatGPT, GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, and Llama, all from one place, without the hassle of VPNs, bank transfers, or even troubleshooting. It's ideal for AI beginners, content creators, business analysts, academics, and even corporate users. Its massive bot community and customization capabilities make POE a must-try for those in Hong Kong and Taiwan looking to experiment with AI!

Detailed explanation of the differences between the paid and free features of the Poe platform

Free Plan

• Core Features

  • Free unlimited use of some basic language models (such as GPT-3.5 Turbo, Claude-3 Haiku, Gemini Pro, Llama 3, etc.)

  • It has main functions such as search, question and answer, text generation, content summary, basic dialogue, etc.

  • Ability to use some self-built or community-created bots

  • You can get a certain amount of free trials of advanced models (such as GPT-4 and Claude 3 Opus) every day (usually only a few times a day or a small amount of token quota, which needs to be refreshed the next day after it is used up)

• limit

  • Advanced models (such as GPT-4, Claude-3 Sonnet/Opus, DALL·E 3) are strictly limited in the number of times they can be used per day.

  • The image generation function has a limit on the number of times/amounts

  • Unable to customize more complex and advanced bot settings

  • Data is returned more slowly and has a lower priority during peak hours or when model quotas are limited.

  • Unable to use advanced features such as API, file upload, team collaboration, etc.

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Paid plan (Poe Premium, approximately USD 20-25/month)

• Unlimited use of advanced models

  • Unlimited use, no token restrictions, GPT-4, Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Sonnet, DALL·E 3 image generation, multimodal features, etc.

  • Experience all new third-party AI models (Gemini Ultra, Llama 3 70B, etc.)

• Advanced Features

  • API access for custom/enterprise development

  • Upload content (such as files/PDFs, etc.) to AI for analysis, summary, and questioning

  • The number of daily image generation has increased significantly

  • Technical support (Premium users have faster customer service channels)

  • Social functions are fully open: Customize and create more professional/complex bots, publish and interact with more fans

• Speed ​​and priority

  • Priority model service during peak hours, faster response

  • New features, new models, and beta versions are available for early experience

• Collaboration/Enterprise Edition

  • Support team collaboration, several people share questions/results in the same account group

  • Enterprises can customize administrators and member rights

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Difference Summary & Recommendations

• For general users/light needs, the free version can cover basic chat and multi-mode experience, and is sufficient for daily research, translation, and writing.

• Advanced users (such as content creation, technology research and development, academic data, and entrepreneurial users) are recommended to upgrade to the paid version to obtain top AI, unlimited tokens, archive analysis functions, and more stable services.

• Enterprise/team customers can choose group authorization to support multi-seat collaboration, API connection, and internal customized bot or knowledge management integration.

If you have actual needs (such as not sure whether you are suitable for upgrading), you can share the functions you usually use, and I can further analyze and recommend targeted features!