Due to the sheer number of AI tools that are being released it is not possible to have a comprehensive list of tool. however, here, we have picked some of our favourites to showcase what they can potentially achieve. The demos are not meant to represent an experienced user, more how someone just starting out with GenAI with a little bit of knowledge might be able to use them.
ChatGPT can produce large volumes of text incredibly quickly. However, the text lacks personalisation and is often rather bland to start with
Adjusting the tone and temperature can have dramatic effects on the language used by the AI tool
Jenni has several uses, from expanding or contracting text, changing the style of the text, for example, making it sound more academic, to finding references to help support the writing process.
Consensus is also a great tool for finding references to support a project. Unlike some of the other tools it does not generate text itself, but allows a research question to be asked of the tool and then it will find appropriate, supporting references.
Consensus has been built into ChatGPT4 as a custom GPT and is one of the most popular downloads.
ChatPDF was one of the first tools that allowed a user to upload a pdf file and then ask questions about the content. Many other tools now allow direct upload of files but ChatPDF is still a great tool and the latest update allows you to create collections, so you can analyse multiple pdfs at once (see below).
Both GTP4 and Claude can read and compare documents. The AI model can analyse and compare text, identifying similarities and differences, thus aiding in research validation, plagiarism detection, and content analysis. Here we are using to extract common themes from three research articles.