What Is Generative AI?
The A-Z of AI: 30 terms you need to understand artificial intelligence
- Nice glossary of terms from the BBC that explains some of the jargon associated with the field
A Beginner’s Guide to Generative AI for Business
- A guide to generative AI written in reasonably simple language
Generative AI Explained In 5 Minutes
- A five-minute YouTube video introducing and explaining generative AI
Generative AI in a Nutshell
- A longer YouTube video covering questions like What is generative AI? How does it work? How do I use it? What are some of the risks & limitations?
Generative AI Introduction & Prompt Design: A Double-Edged Sword
- PowerPoint slide deck from the University of Victoria discussing generative AI
Google’s AI Course for Beginners (in 10 minutes)!
- Another YouTube video with a little more background on machine learning
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide for Generative AI (2025)
- Another business-oriented guide, but fairly well done
What Is Artificial Intelligence—and What Is It Not?
- Details the different types of AI, important developments and applications in the field of machine learning and discusses common misunderstandings about AI.
What Is Generative AI and How Does It Work? – The Turing Lectures with Mirella Lapata
Limitations
Generative AI Limitations: 5 Real-Life Examples and Solutions
- Some limitations in generative AI models together with real-life cases.
“Hallucinating” AIs Sound Creative, but Let’s Not Celebrate Being Wrong
- Article providing more detail on the basis of AI hallucinations
The perils of letting AI plan your next trip
- AI can offer valuable travel tips when they're working properly, they can also lead people into some frustrating or even dangerous situations when they're not. Some cautionary tales.
Understanding the Limitations and Challenges of Generative AI
- While the potential of generative AI is significant, offering innovative solutions across various sectors including marketing, design, and entertainment, it is not without limitations and challenges.
Why language models hallucinate
- Straight from the horse's mouth; a paper from Open AI arguing that language models hallucinate because standard training and evaluation procedures reward guessing over acknowledging uncertainty.
Why Large Language Models Hallucinate
- Video explaining the different types of LLM hallucinations, why they happen, and recommending steps that you, as a LLM user, can take to minimize their occurrence.
Academic Integrity
AI in Education
- A resource for students, built by students
Ethical AI Use Checklist for Students
- A checklist to guide your usage of AI to avoid any appearance of academic misconduct
How to Use AI Responsibly EVERY Time
- Infographic to help guide responsible use of GenAI
The University Student's Guide to Ethical AI Use
- With lots of useful advice for FE learners, too!
What To Do If You Are Falsely Accused of Cheating with AI
Ethics
The Artificial Intelligence illusion: How invisible workers fuel the "automated" economy
- Unpacking the hidden realities of AI's "human-in-the-loop" model
Generative AI's Impact On Climate Change: Benefits And Costs
- Generative AI is bad for the environment, but could it help fight climate change?
Regurgitated ‘American Pie’ Adds Sour Taste to GenAI Copyright Claims
- Article giving an example of AI plagiarism
Seven Questions of Ethics Facing Artificial Intelligence
- Thoughtful blog post (from 2019!) considering some of the ethical issues surrounding AI
Which AI Model Most Infringes on Copyrighted Content?
- Article reporting on a study on evaluating how often AI chatbots plagiarise
Generative AI Tools
There are lots and lots of AI tools out there, with more being released very week. These are: a) perhaps tools that you are more likely to use and b) are free to use or have a version that's free to use.
Note also that you may need to sign up to use these services
ChatGPT
- The first and most widely used AI chatbot
ChatPDF
- Upload a PDF and ask questions about it. Note that uploading PDFs in this way could be considered a breach of copyright.
Claude
CoPilot (Microsoft)
- Includes web search results from Bing and image generation
DALL-E
- OpenAI's image generation AI chatbot
Duck.ai
- From DuckDuckGo, chat anonymously with several AI chatbots, including ChatGPT. No sign up required
Explainpaper
- Upload an academic article and get the article explained (Note though that uploading articles in this way could be considered a breach of copyright.
Gamma
- Create presentations from text prompts
Gemini (Google)
- Includes web search results from Google
GitMind
- Mind mapping and brainstorming app. Free browser extension, for summary web content
Grammarly
- Writing assistant that will review grammar, spelling, punctuation in English texts.
Merlin
Meta AI
- Log in with your Facebook or Instagram account
MyMap
- AI-powered suite of tools including flowchart and mind map generators
NotebookLM
- This Google tool can analyse PDFs and create study guides. It can also create podcasts about the content
Otter.ai
- Audio transcription tool that can take notes and produce transcripts. Don't forget to ask permission before recording.
Perplexity
- Includes web search results, with links to sources. You can use this one without creating an account
Quillbot
- AI writing assistant that includes a summarising tool.
Research Rabbit
- Academic article discovery tool. Offers visual maps and publications lists
SciSpace
- Similar to Explainpaper but with more functionality.
Tool Lists
AI-Assisted Technology in Education
- Provides recommendations for some of the best AI tools to use in education
AI Tools Directory
- A curated list of AI tools
Free AI Tools
- A list of over 5000 tools
Generative AI Product Tracker
- Lists generative AI products marketed, or used in post-secondary school education
There's an AI for That
- Comprehensive list of tools which aims to add new tools as they are introduced
Uses for Learners
5 Secret Ways to Become a Speed Learner With ChatGPT
- Five ways ChatGPT can boost your learning with its personalized feedback and research capabilities
AI Chatbots vs Search Engines: What's the Difference?
- Page noting the differences between search engines and chatbots and suggesting ways in which you can use generative AI in searching
Learn with AI - Strategies
- While aimed at teachers, learners might find some of the suggestions useful
Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence, 2025
- From Elon University, a good resource with some suggestions for using generative AI tools
How Students are Currently Using Generative AI
- The output of a series of discussion forums asking students what they use generative AI for.
How to Create Flashcards in Minutes Using AI
- Video showing how to create flashcards using AI and Quizlet
How to Outline Using ChatGPT
- Video showing you how to outline using ChatGPT
Prompting
7 Things You Should Never Share With AI Chatbots
- Some types of information you should enter into a chatbot!
If You're Using ChatGPT for Any of These 11 Things, Stop Right Now
- AI chatbots can be helpful tools, but using them for certain tasks can be risky and even dangerous.
20 Useful ChatGPT Prompts for Students
- ChatGPT prompt ideas students can use today to boost productivity and performance across subjects and grade levels
CARE: Structure for Crafting AI Prompts
- Use the acronym CARE (context, ask, rules, and examples) to remember what information to give AI tools to achieve your desired results
Chatbot Prompting: A guide for students, educators, and an AI-augmented workforce
Cheat Sheet: Step-by-Step Prompting
- Break big tasks into smart, simple steps
Deep Background: A "Superprompt" to change the way you use LLMs
- Created by Mike Caulfield, who also originated the SIFT source evaluation method, Deep Background is a lengthy instruction prompt that helps an AI chatbot perform more like a research assistant, hallucinate less and come to better conclusions. Requires the chatbot to be able to search the web. You can also access this prompt directly in ChatGPT
GenAI Chatbot Prompt Library for Students
- A variety of prompts for students
Training With Simulated Scenarios
- Generative AI can help you role play in scenarios you create to help you with college. A training course from the University of Sydney
