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Generative AI: Generative AI Tools

Chatbots - Produces written content imitating human language patterns and style. It uses algorithms and large language models to process input data and generate output data. It is trained on large amounts of text from material available on online.

ChatGPT responds to your prompts by generating, or creating, new content. It is trained to interact in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.

Pricing:

  • ChatGPT 3.5 - free to use
    • Unlimited messages, interactions, and history

    • Access to our GPT-3.5 model

    • Access on Web, iOS, and Android

  • ChatGPT 4 - $20 monthly subscription.  Includes everything in free version plus
    • Access to GPT-4, our most capable model

    • Browse, create, and use GPTs

    • Access to additional tools like DALL·E, Browsing, Advanced Data Analysis and more

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Gemini (formerly Bard)  is a Google product, previously called Bard, Gemini gives you direct access to Google AI. You can get help with writing, planning, learning, and more.  Gemini requires signing in with a Google account. It accepts image uploads. Gemini has internet access and allows the use of embedded Google searches to "double-check responses." Connects to other Google services with optional Extensions.

Stay up-to-date on Gemini features via its Experiment update page and see documentation in Gemini Apps Help.

Pricing:

  • Gemini: Free
    • With 1.0 Pro model, for everyday needs

    • Help with writing, planning, learning and more

    • Integrated with Google apps 

  • Gemini Advanced: 

    • With 1.0 Ultra model, our most capable AI model widely available today

    • State-of-the-art performance

    • Designed for highly complex tasks

    • Gemini in Gmail, Docs, and more

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Microsoft Copilot  is free to use. It requires signing in with a Microsoft account. Copilot has internet access and creates original images.  Works alongside Microsoft 365 Apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and more.

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Claude AI  was created by a company called Anthropic. It is a large language model trained to engage in open-ended dialogue and assist with a variety of tasks like analysis, writing, math, coding and more.  Claude can perform complex cognitive tasks that go beyond simple pattern recognition or text generation.  It can transcribe and analyze almost any static image, from handwritten notes and graphs, to photographs.  

Pricing:

  • Claude - free
  • Claude Pro - $20 per month

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Image & Video - Learns by analyzing captions, text , patterns, and features such as textures, shapes, and colors. Once trained it can generate new images based on the input parameters.

Adobe Firefly is a generative machine learning tool that uses artificial intelligence to improve creative workflows and provide new ways to create, communicate, and ideate. It's part of Adobe Creative Cloud and is currently in public beta testing. Firefly is designed to be safe for commercial use, and is integrated into other Adobe's apps, Adobe Express, Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud.

Pricing: 

  • Free
  • Premium

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Midjourney is a tool that uses artificial intelligence to create images from text descriptions you provide, also known as prompts. It can illustrate your ideas with stunning and original visuals.

Pricing Plans:

  • Basic - $10/month
  • Standard - $30/month
  • Pro - $60/month
  • Mega - $120/month

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Leonardo AI is an AI image generation platform that empowers creators with high-quality images and control over the creative process. It goes beyond just generating images by offering fine-tuning, prompt control, and fast processing. Leonardo AI aims to be a comprehensive suite for creators, offering a constantly improving range of tools to streamline creative workflows.

Pricing:  

  • Free Tier
  • Apprentice Standard - $10/month
  • Artisan Unlimited - $24/month
  • Maestro Unlimited - $48/month

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Google's Image FX is a tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate images based on text descriptions you provide, also known as a text-to-image generator. It's part of a suite of AI tools in Google Labs called AI Test Kitchen, which also includes tools for music and text generation.

Pricing:  Free

Privacy: From the website  "Images may display inaccurate info, including about people, so please double-check images before using. You can request the removal of images under our policies or applicable laws.  ImageFX is powered by Google’s Imagen 2 and uses Google DeepMind’s novel watermarking technology, SynthID to embed a digital watermark in the outputs.  We need your help to improve AI for everybody. Generated images and prompt suggestions are experimental. You can report content under our policies or applicable laws, or give feedback by clicking the flag icon so we can improve AI responsibly together."

NightCafe Studio is an AI art generation platform that allows users to create art in two main ways:

  • Text to Image
  • Style Transfer

NightCafe uses different AI models to achieve these effects, including Stable Diffusion and VQGAN+CLIP. The platform also has a social aspect, allowing users to share their creations and browse the work of others.

Pricing:

  • AI Beginner - $4.79/month
  • AI Hobbyist - $7.99/month
  • AI Enthusiast - $15.99/month
  • AI Artist - $39.99/month

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Dream Studio AI is a web-based tool that allows you to generate images using text prompts. It's essentially a user-friendly interface built on top of the Stable Diffusion model, which is a powerful AI model for creating images from textual descriptions.

Pricing: At this time, the only option is to pay per-image by purchasing credits.

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Invideo is a tool that uses artificial intelligence to help you create videos.  Provide a topic or idea, and Invideo AI will generate a script, create video scenes, add voiceovers, and even make adjustments based on your input.

Pricing:

  • Free
  • Plus - $20/month
  • Max - $48/month

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Synthesia  is a video generation software that allows you to use digital avatars that can be customized to look like a specific person or choose from a library of pre-made options.  You provide a script, and Synthesia uses its AI to make the avatar speak realistically, mimicking lip movements and facial expressions.

Pricing:  

  • Starter - $22/month
  • Creator - $67/month
  • Enterprise - call for quote

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Fliki AI is a platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to create videos and audio content from text.  

Pricing:

  • Free
  • Standard - $21/month
  • Premium - $66/month

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Music & Sound - Analyze music tracks and the metadata, such as artist, album, genre, etc. Also trained on lyrics. Looks for patterns and features of music genres and generates similar sounding compositions.

Soundful is an AI-powered platform that lets you generate royalty-free music tracks. Soundful uses artificial intelligence to analyze a vast amount of existing music. By learning patterns and styles, it can create new and original pieces that match a certain genre or mood.

Pricing:

  • Standard - Free
  • Content Creator - $59.99/year
  • Music Creator Plus - $95.99/year

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Boomy leverages AI algorithms trained on a vast amount of music. By understanding musical patterns and styles, it can generate unique compositions based on user input. You can provide parameters like genre, mood, or even pick instruments, and Boomy will create a song in seconds.

Pricing:

  • Free
  • Creator - $9.99/month
  • Pro - $29.99/month

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Murf AI is an AI-powered tool that generates realistic-sounding voiceovers from written text. Murf uses machine learning to analyze your text and convert it into speech. You provide the script, and Murf offers a variety of AI-generated voices to choose from, with over 120 options covering different languages, accents, and tones. You can preview the voiceovers and even adjust the emphasis on specific words within your text.

Pricing:

  • Free
  • Creator - $23/month
  • Business - $73/month
  • Enterprise - Call for pricing

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Stable Audio uses a technique called audio diffusion. Imagine starting with random noise and progressively refining it into a coherent musical piece based on your instructions. You provide the software with text prompts describing the desired style, mood, genre, instruments, and so on. Stable Audio then iteratively transforms the initial noise into an audio output that aligns with your description.

Pricing:

  • Free
  • Pro - $11.99/month
  • Studio - $29.99/month
  • Max - $89.99/month

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Coding - Uses algorithms trained on existing code, usually from open source project, and generates new code base on those examples. Some tools can also analyze and debug existing code or make suggestions for improvement.

Kombai is an AI-powered tool that helps developers create front-end code from design files. It can generate high-quality UI code, reduce time spent writing styles, and allow for quick translation of designs. Kombai is designed to understand and code UI like human developers, and can produce high-quality UI code in seconds without the need for manual tags or auto-layout.

Pricing:

  • Pro - $40/month
  • Premium - $240/month
  • Business - $600/month

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Tabnine is an AI-powered assistant designed to boost the productivity of programmers by intelligently predicting and suggesting code as they type.  It's compatible with many programming languages, including Python, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Go, and Rust. Tabnine helps developers get applications from planning to development and release faster by providing intelligent code completions and suggestions. It also automates repetitive coding tasks. 

Pricing:

  • Basic - Free (coding assistant)
  • Pro - $12/month
  • Enterprise - $39/month

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CodePal is a command line tool that uses AI to help developers write code. It's built on ChatGPT and GPT-3, and offers a chat interface to help developers write code quickly and efficiently. CodePal can transform natural language into code, and includes features like: Code Explainer, Code Documentor, Code Reviewer, Bug Detector, and Code Fixer. 

Pricing:

  • Starter - free
  • Basic - $15/month
  • Pro - $20/month
  • Enterprise - call for pricing

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Disclaimer

While not an exhaustive list, these are examples of current Generative AI tools. 

The Smith Library Center does not offer subscriptions to these tools.