There are many generative AI tools extant with many more in development. These tools generate text, image, audio or video, but there plenty of other things that these tools can do. Note that some of the tools are free and some of these will have paid versions. Most - free or not - require an account to be created before use.

This is a representative list of AI tools that are available at the time of writing and is not meant as a comprehensive listing, nor are any these tools endorsed by the Digital Library.

Text-Generating AI

Bard

• Google's AI-powered chatbot tool that uses natural language processing and machine learning

Bing Chat

• Microsoft's AI-powered chatbot

Byte

• An AI chatbot for use in education. No sign-in required and no user data collected

Character.ai

• Users can create "characters", craft their "personalities", set specific parameters, and then publish them to the community for others to chat with

ChatGPT

• The best known and most commonly used generative AI tool

Claude

• Created by Anthropic, a company backed by Google, this is billed "as easier to talk to" than ChatGPT

Jasper

• A popular AI writing tool

Perplexity AI

• An "AI research assistant" for searching for information online. Has a Chrome extension

PI AI

• Designed to function as an AI-based personal assistant. Apple and Android apps available

Poe

• An AI chatbot aggregator - talk to and query a variety of different AI models

Scribe

• Business process documentation: create e.g., guides, SOPs and training manuals

Twee

• "A.I. Powered Tools for English Teachers" - Create questions for any YouTube video in just a few seconds Generate dialogues, stories, letters or articles on any topic. Note this poor review from March 2023

"ChatPDF" and Research Assistance

There are a variety of AI chatbot tool that promise analysis of PDFs. These may be useful; for interrogating scholarly/academic/research output such as books and articles. These tools use natural language processing to interpret text from PDFs, hence you can ask questions of the chatbot to summarise, analyse and interpret the contents of PDFs. Some are free but most operate on a freemium basis.  Some examples (all require you to upload the PDF unless otherwise stated):

Ask Your PDF

Chat With Any PDF

Chat With PDF (chatwithpdf.ai)

Chat With PDF (hipdf.com)

ChatPDF (OpenAI - the developers of ChatGPT)

ChatPDF (monica.im)

Consensus (ask a question and get conclusions from research papers)

docanalyzer.ai

Elicit (Ask a research question and get back a list of relevant papers and a one sentence summary)

Explainpaper

PDF.ai

Research Rabbit

• A “citation-based literature mapping tool” for finding articles when you're starting your research.

SciSpace

• "Do hours' worth of reading in minutes" - ask research questions or upload PDFs for analysis

Education

Brisk

• An AI-powered teacher productivity tool that helps educators complete tasks more efficiently. Free Chrome extension

Eduaide.ai

• Collaborate with Generative AI to create, refine, and personalise instructional materials (appears to be free)

Education CoPilot

• Generate lesson plans & other educational materials in seconds. Free trial available

Fetchy

• A virtual assistant for educators. Free for seven days

MagicSchool.ai

• A suite of AI-powered tools to boost learning design and delivery for educators. Sign up for free

Parlay Genie

• A.I. Generated Discussion Prompts (appears to be free)

Plaito

• A personalised AI tutor for learners. Free plan available

QuestionWell

• Generate an endless supply of questions

Study Fetch

• Upload course materials and create study sets

Teacherbot

• Create activities and plans for any level and subject (paid only)

Teachermatic

• Simply input your desired topic and the app will generate a variety of materials, including lesson plans, activities, worksheets, and more. Limited free option.

Images

Artbreeder

• Create characters, artworks and more with multiple AI powered tools

Craiyon

• Open-source version of DALL-E

DALL-E 2

• Create realistic images and art from text prompts (payment required)

Imagine

• Meta's entry into the image generation fray

Nightcafe

• Completely free text to image AI

Scribble Diffusion

• Turn your sketch (or scribble) into a refined image using a text prompt and AI. Free

Stable Diffusion

• Text to photorealistic image

Starryai

• Generate art simply by describing what you want to see

AI Detection Tools

Note none of these tools will be 100% accurate and will be biased against non-native English speakers

AI Content Detector

• Entirely free tool

Best AI Detector | Free & Premium Tools Compared

• Reviews and comparison of 10 AI detection tools from Scribblr

Content at Scale AI Detector

• See if your text reads as human or AI generated

Copyleaks AI Detector

• AI detecting tool from a company previously working in plagiarism detection

GPTZero

• AI-generated content detection system developed to identify and analyse artificially generated text, specifically focusing on text produced by AI language models

Maybe's AI Art Detector

• Proof of concept model for detecting whether artistic images are AI generated

Winston AI

• The highest rated tool assessed by Scribblr (above)

ZeroGPT

• Detect ChatGPT generated text (or not) for free

 

Others

AI Bookstore

• "Find the book you want to read with the help of AI"

Boring Report: News by AI

• This app uses AI to strip desensationalise news stories and present stories more straightforwardly and objectively

Designs.AI

• Create logos, videos, banners, mockups with A.I. in 2 minutes. Free trial available

Eightify

• YouTube video summaries created by ChatGPT

ELSA (English Language Speech Assistant)

• AI-powered digital English tutor

GitHub Copilot

• Turns natural language prompts into coding suggestions. "free to use for verified students, teachers..."

Glaze

• Glaze is a tool that can be used to make images effectively unreadable to AI models

goblin.tools

• A collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help neurodivergent people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult

HeyGen

• Produce studio quality videos with AI-generated avatars and voices

Kombai

• AI model that writes computer and web code

Otter.ai

• An AI meeting assistant that will transcribe and summarise meetings

Quillbot

• AI writing tool - paraphrase, grammar and plagiarism checker

Slides AI

•  Create presentation slides with AI. Basic plain is free

Slides to Go

• Generate presentations in minutes. Free

Stable Audio

• Generate high-quality audio with AI

Synthesia

• AI video creation platform. Paid subscription only

Trevor

• Daily planner & task scheduling app, powered by AI