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Most of the AI tools available use a web-based interface that can be accessed using a web browser, some also have apps that can be downloaded to mobile devices. While it is not possible to cover every tool available due to the sheer number of different tools available, here is a selection of some of the most common tools that academics are likely to encounter.
There are an increasingly large number of GenAI tools some are better than others at different tasks. This document gives you a list of tools and what they are useful for (Google Doc Link)
Microsoft Bing Chat
Microsoft Bing Chat
MS Bing can be accessed while using the Microsoft Edge browser via https://www.bing.com/chat.
Users do not need to create an account but it will only work in MS Edge. The video shows how you can access Bing Chat.
Bing Chat has been superseded by Co-Pilot, which offers additional functionality. See below.
OpenAI ChatGPT
OpenAI ChatGPT
OpenAi's ChatGPT is probably the tool that thrust Generative Artificial Intelligence into the public domain and is one of the most widely used. ChatGPT requires an account to access the free version (currently GPT-3.5) and this can be upgraded to GPT-4 for a monthly subscription. ChatGPT can be accessed via https://chat.openai.com/ and the video shows how you can sign up.
Anthropic Claude 3
Anthropic Claude 3
Anthropic Claude3 also requires users to create an account, which can be any email address. It is available via https://claude.ai/chats.
The video shows how you can gain access to the previous version of Claude 2, but access is the same for version 3. This gives you access to the free version of Claude, which can be upgraded via a subscription.
Google Gemini (was Bard)
Google Gemini (was Bard)
Google Bard can be accessed via https://bard.google.com/chat and requires users to have an account. As with Co-Pilot this can be any email address. The video shows how you can log in to Bard.
Microsoft Co-Pilot
Microsoft Co-Pilot
Co-Pilot, which can be accessed via https://copilot.microsoft.com/, replaced Bing Chat towards the end of 2023 and has enhanced functionality. Unlike Bing Chat, it does require a Microsoft account to access and will work with either MS Edge or Chrome browsers. The Microsoft account can be any email address such as an Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail email address, or the login information used for Microsoft services, such as Office or OneDrive. The video shows how you can create an account for Co-Pilot.
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