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Generative AI Overview 

Generative AI is a type of machine learning that can produce new data that closely resembles the data it was trained on. This data can be in the form of text, audio, or video, and can come from various sources, including web scraping from the internet. When a user inputs a prompt, the system breaks it down into smaller units of words, called tokens, for pre-processing within its neural network. The AI system then generates output based on its understanding of the overall semantics, structure, calculation, and prediction patterns of the words.

Image Generative AI  
Generating images is a more complicated task due to the nature of its data type, which requires a different process. Image generation relies on a type of artificial intelligence called generative adversarial networks (GANs), which consist of two main components: a ‘generator’ and a ‘discriminator’. The process begins with the ‘generator’ creating an image based on the user’s prompts. Then, the ‘discriminator’ compares this generated image to a real image providing feedback to the generator. This comparison process continues until the discriminator can no longer distinguish between the generated and real images.

Here are the free versions of various chatbots.

Model

Launched

Amount of Training Data

Number of Parameters

Training Cut-off Date

GitHub Copilot by Microsoft

2021

179 GB

12 million

May, 2021

ChatGPT 3.5 by OpenAI

June, 2020

Not disclosed

175 billion +

January, 2022

Gemini Nano by Google

December, 2023

Not disclosed

500 Million

Can provide up-to-date information

HuggingFace by Mistral AI

March, 2023

Not disclosed

175 billion

Mid-2019 with updates

 

Copy.ai and Anyword offer services that help create marketing content, including email campaigns, blog posts, social media content, website copywriting, and marketing strategies.

Grammarly is your writing assistant that reviews spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement, and delivery mistakes your texts.

CraiyonDALL-E 2 by OpenAI,  Midjourney and Ideogram can generate images in a variety of styles such as art, photo and drawing through prompts. 

 

Pictory - This AI tool can convert scripts and blog posts into videos and create clips for social media from longer videos.

Runaway - Convert your text, image or video into engaging videos with this tool. Add motion to images and convert them into videos.

How it works?

AivaBoomy, and Soundraw provide access to a wide variety of musical genres for song creation.

 

 

Here are some aggregators that have categorized AI tools by tasks or fields. You can use these to find the right tool for the task at hand.

AI Tools Arena

Future Tools

Rundown

There’s an AI for That

TopAI

 

Online Learning Platforms

 

To learn more about AI, you can take advantage of free online courses available.

edX

Coursera

Linkedin Learning

 

Test Your Knowledge

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AI Quiz

Privacy & Ethical Considerations

It's crucial to keep in mind some essential things while using AI tools, such as data privacy, algorithmic bias, plagiarism, and hallucinations.

Data privacy is a significant concern while using AI tools as they can collect information about your behavior, habits, patterns, and usage. Therefore, it's essential to review the tool's privacy policy before using it.

Algorithmic bias is another issue that can impact the output of AI systems. The output is influenced by the data used to train the system. If the data is not diverse or representative, the output may reflect this bias. Therefore, it's crucial to be aware of potential bias while using AI tools.

Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty. Passing off someone else's work as your own is not acceptable and should be avoided while using AI.

Hallucinations can occur while using AI systems. These systems are not perfect, and they may generate or hallucinate information. This is a common issue in ChatGPT. Therefore, it's always advisable to double-check the output to ensure its accuracy.

News & Updates


Stay updated with the latest news on AI.

CTV News

AI News

Verge

Wall Street Journal