ChatGPT may be the most well-known generative AI tool, but there are many established and emerging tools to know about. Generative AI tools (interfaces like ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Claude 2, Stable Diffusion) are built on models (like GPT-4, LaMDA, Llama 2) that are the “engines” behind those tools. This page provides information about various generative AI tools and their underlying engines. Content on this page is remixed with permission (Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0) from the University of Sydney’s AI in Education Canvas site built by student for students. We’re thankful for their excellent work and their generosity!
Large Language Models (LLMs)
| Tool | Cost & access | Sources | Features |
| ChatGPT (free) from OpenAI | Free OpenAI account needed | Training data cut-off in September 2021 | Good reasoning ability with wide general capability. Runs GPT-3.5 model |
| ChatGPT Plus from OpenAI | Paid OpenAI account needed | Training data cut-off in September 2021, but has access to live internet** via plugins | Enhanced reasoning with reduced hallucinations. Can access the GPT-4 model |
| Bing Chat from Microsoft | Available without an account. Free Microsoft account provides longer completions and more chat turns | Training data cut-off in September 2021, but has access to live internet** | Runs the GPT-4 model when set to ‘creative mode’ |
| Bard from Google | Free Google account needed. Not available using Middlebury Google credentials | Has access to live internet** | Wide general capability. Runs PaLM 2 model |
| Perplexity.ai from Perplexity | Basic functionality is available without an account. Paid ‘pro’ version is available with access to more powerful features | GPT-3.5 with internet** access | Like ChatGPT, but provides information from actual sources across the internet |
| Claude | Beta version available for free | Claude 2 LLM, no internet access | Claude 2 model powers a variety of AI tools (like Zoom, Notion). Wide general capability |
| HuggingChat by HuggingFace | No account needed | Meta’s open source Llama 2, no internet access, training data cutoff in July 2023 | Billed as an open source alternative to ChatGPT |
Image generation tools
| Tool | Cost & access | Features |
| DALL-E 2 by OpenAI | Free account needed | Generate more realistic images at higher resolutions |
| Firefly by Adobe | Free account needed | Image and text effect generation |
| Bing Image Creator by Microsoft | Free account needed | Powered by DALL-E |
| Midjourney by Midjourney Inc | Paid account needed, and accessed through Discord only | Considered one of the more powerful image generation AIs available currently |
| Stable Diffusion by StabilityAI | Free account needed | Create descriptive images with shorter prompts and generate words within images |
Research support tools
| Tool | Cost & access | Features |
| Elicit.org from Ought | Free account needed | Searches scholarly articles using natural language queries, and extracts information from articles using GPT models to present summaries and other findings |
| Research Rabbit | Free account needed | Data visualization to track sources / citation mapping |
| Gamma | Free account needed | Create visually-appealing presentations and microsites quickly |
| Beautiful.ai | Paid account needed | Create visually-appealing presentations, offers integrations with Slack, Microsoft PPT, and more |
| ChatPDF | Free account, limited use options with free account | Uses GPT3.5 to allow users to ask questions about uploaded PDFs |
| Assistant by Scite | Paid account needed | Uses SciBERT. Billed as an AI citation index. |
Video generation tools
| Tool | Cost & access | Features |
| Pictory | Free account needed. Paid account provides more functionality. | Edit videos based on text/transcription editing to cut videos or create highlights |
| Deepbrain AI | Free account needed | Generate a video with human-looking AI presenting it by feeding a script |
| Steve.AI from Steve AI | Paid account needed | Create cartoon videos with written prompts |
Sound generation tools
| Tool | Cost & access | Features |
| ElevenLabs | Limited to 10,000 characters per month for free access. Account needed. | Generate audio in the voice of any accent and person, based on a sample audio recording of that person’s voice. |
| Soundraw | Free account needed. Paid account allows for wider and further usage. | Generate royalty-free music clips. |
Code generation tools
| Tool | Cost & access | Features |
| Copilot in Visual Studio Code from Microsoft/Github | Paid account needed | A tool in built in current Microsoft’s Visual Studio platform that is able to generate code based on textual input. |
| OpenAI Codex from OpenAI | Paid account needed | Turns comments into code and completes code. |
| Jupyter AI from JupyterLabs | Free installation | A tool available on the current Jupyter Notebook platform that is able to generate code based on textual input. |
3D generation tools
| Tool | Cost & access | Features |
| 3DFY.ai by 3DFY | Currently in beta mode | Generates 3D models from text |
| Stability for Blender (plug-in in Blender) by Blender | Free trial | Creates images or 3D models based on text inputs or animations based on existing images |
