Chapter 0.2. Your First Hour with Claude and ChatGPT
In this section
- Chapter 0.2. Your First Hour with Claude and ChatGPTYour first hour with Claude and ChatGPT: the controls around the chat box, the job each one does for you, and the two privacy choices you make before your first chat.
- 0.2.1 Two choices before your first chatWhat happens to what you type, the two privacy settings you choose before your first message, and what a temporary chat keeps out.
- 0.2.2 The controls, and the job each one doesWhat each control around the chat box does for you, when to reach for it, and how to check that an answer came from your file.
- 0.2.3 The same controls on both AI vendorsWhere to find each control on Claude and on ChatGPT, and what each free plan includes, as checked on 16 October 2026, with Anthropic's plan details checked again on 31 October 2026.
- 0.2.4 The desktop appsA walkthrough of the Claude and ChatGPT desktop apps: choose how freely the AI works, give it a folder, let it use a browser and build a page, with which plan has what, as checked on 29 October 2026, with Anthropic's plan details checked again on 31 October 2026.
- Lab 0.2: Your first hour, one control at a timeChapter 0.2's lab: make the two privacy choices, then try each control on Brightline's practice files, from a file to a temporary chat.
- Check yourselfRecall and practice for the whole chapter: the flashcards, and a final quiz round from all three concepts.