Habr AI Picks Seven Free Telegram Bots With GPT for Work, Study and Content

Habr AI has published a roundup of seven Telegram bots that let people use GPT and other neural networks without direct access to the official services. The article's main conclusion is simple: the market for such bots has become a separate layer of AI infrastructure for Russian-speaking users.

Why Telegram

The author attributes the popularity of these tools not only to restricted access to official products, but also to plain practicality. To get started, Telegram itself is usually enough: no VPN, separate registration or complicated setup is needed. For many users this lowers the barrier to entry more than the web interfaces of the AI services themselves do, especially when they need a quick answer, a draft text, a translation, an image or a short video. The format also suits people who work from a smartphone and don't want to switch between websites and accounts.

The article stresses that many bots offer a free start: a few requests, tokens or credits for generations. A single interface often bundles several models at once, for text, images, audio and video. Fierce competition pushes developers to make menus clearer, speed up responses and add Russian-language support, while users get more choice for a specific scenario: study, work, content or everyday tasks.

Who made the list

The list includes SYNTX, Uniset AI, Perplexity | Nano Banana | ChatGPT, VeoSeeBot | Neuroplace, GPTron, REELY and BrainAid. The author describes the first four services as more universal options: some focus on a large set of models, others on simply picking a ready-made task such as creating text, an image or a video. The article also notes web versions, free models and beginner modes for people who don't want to figure out neural network names.

The second half of the list is more about different use cases. GPTron bets on choosing a specific model or role, REELY on the simplest possible entry for people who want to generate video and images with almost no setup, and BrainAid on a wide set of models at a low subscription price. All the entries follow a similar logic: the free trial mode exists so the user quickly learns the interface, after which they are steered toward buying a package, a subscription or extra credits.

How "free" works

The article's key point is that the word "free" is conditional here. Almost all the bots offer introductory access rather than full, unlimited use without payment. Some give new users starter tokens, some require subscribing to channels, and some let users earn credits through referrals. But this, in the author's view, is exactly what keeps the market alive: services constantly test new ways to attract and retain an audience. In other words, free entry works as a funnel, not as a promise of permanent unlimited use.

Most of these bots repeat the same set of mechanics:

• a few free requests or credits after launch
• a single interface for text, visual and sometimes video models
• payment by card, SBP, Telegram Stars and sometimes cryptocurrency
• beginner modes and separate settings for those who want to choose a model manually
• referral or subscription schemes for extra limits

Against this backdrop, Telegram looks increasingly like a storefront for AI aggregators rather than just a messenger. Users come not for one specific model but for convenient packaging: GPT, Gemini, Claude, image generation and video tools in one window. This matters especially for the Russian-speaking audience, which needs clear payment, local support and as few extra steps as possible between request and result.

What this means

Roundups like this show that demand has shifted from "where to find ChatGPT" to "which Telegram bot suits my task best." For the market, that is a signal: the winners are not only the models but also those who package access to them better. For users, "free" almost always means a good trial mode, not unlimited use. That is why the services that win are those selling not the model itself but simple access to it in a familiar interface.