Even though the concept and idea of artificial intelligence (AI) was already being studied in the universities worldwide, major work in this field has been done only in past two decades. After 2012, the AI research has really caught on and now we are seeing the presence of AI in almost all the fields of life such as computer science, medicine, engineering, arts, archeology and architecture to name a few.
It is therefore necessary for everyone to have some basic knowledge of a few freely available AI tools. Here is a list of top ten AI tools that everyone should know about:
1. ChatGPT
ChatGPT is an AI chat bot that can understand human languages and answer in the same style. It is developed and designed by OpenAI. We can ask ChatGPT anything we want, but it refuses to ask time-wasting questions such as “Will you be my gf?”. You can start using ChatGPT by visiting https://chat.openai.com/.
2. Synthesia
Synthesia is an AI tool to generate high-quality videos based on simple text based script. We an create a script which contains a few paragraphs on any topic. Then let Synthesia can create a stunning video complete with human voice, human presenter and graphics. You can use Synthesia at https://www.synthesia.io/.
3. Chinchilla AI
Chinchilla is yet another AI based on very large language model. It is developed by Google’s DeepMind and they claim that it works better than ChatGPT. However, there is no public access to Chinchilla yet. Google DeepMind has said that they will release many AI tools based on Chinchilla in future.
4. Heyday AI
Heyday is helpful for everyone who is in the habit of researching the internet for 4-5 hours only to forget about all the cool finds a day later. Heyday is an AI-powered memory assistant that can tell you about the previous finds (websites) whenever you are Googling or reading about the same topic. You can try Heyday at https://heyday.xyz/.
5. Midjourney
Midjourney is what has been scaring the artists for some time. It is an AI powered imaginative generative art creator. If you give it some description of a painting, it will create a new painting based on your description. It can even create the art in a specific style of the famous artists such as Botticelli or Da Vinci. Try it at https://www.midjourney.com.
6. Pictory
Pictory is a play on the words Picture and Story. It is an AI based tool that can take your text based article, post or story and create a video from that. It creates videos for the marketing purposes and is suitable for advertising products. You can learn more about Pictory at https://pictory.ai/.
7. Fireflies
Fireflies is an AI powered tool that does everything that a secretary used to do in the past. It can be used to transcribe, summarize, search and analyze audio/video conversations. It works great for presentations, meetings and even at school lectures. You can find more about Fireflies at https://fireflies.ai/.
8. Blend AI
Blend AI can prepare a 3D design image for your products based on your description. It can remove the backgrounds and apply new beautiful backgrounds. The final result is very realistic and has perfect lighting and shadows. It can be used on online e-commerce sites as the products image or for the documentations. You can know more about Blend AI at https://www.blendnow.com/.
9. Jasper
Jasper is your writing assistant powered by AI. It needs only simple pointers or inputs about what you want to write about and it handles the rest. It creates very professional content for your sites or ad campaigns. You can learn more about Jasper AI-writing assistant from https://www.jasper.ai/.
10. Descript
Descript is a text based video and podcast editor powered by AI. It automatically transcribes your media content and then you can simply edit it in the text editor using the familiar actions like cut, copy, paste, delete etc. The changes are then reflected in the original media. You can try Descript by visiting https://www.descript.com/.