ChatGPT introduced users to the world of productive AI tools, but many people don’t know that there is a sea of AI tools with interesting features and capabilities.
Whether you want to write text or visualize your imagination, or just need help writing efficient code, generative AI can make your job more complete and easier. It can be difficult to find the right tool for your needs among the endless variety of AI assistants out there. In this article, we want to introduce you to the best artificial intelligence tools of 2024 that have moved the boundaries of innovation; From the best AI chatbots to the best AI image generators and more.
The best artificial intelligence tools for image generation
Midjourney
Midjourney is one of the first artificial intelligence image generators that launched in 2022 and is now popular among users and art critics alike. The tool can generate realistic high-resolution images in countless art styles based on written natural language prompts.
Midjourney was initially only available through the company’s Discord server, but is now available through a simple web portal. You can see the gallery of works produced with this website for free, but to produce your own images, you need to buy a monthly subscription plan (from $10 to $120).
Ideogram
Idiogram doesn’t come close to Midgerni in terms of creativity and is only able to produce images in one of five default art styles, but it has a generous free plan that allows users to produce up to 40 images per day. Paid plans range from $7 to $48 per month and offer benefits such as additional computing resources, priority access, and high-quality image downloads. Also, the company has an iOS application and an API that, according to the manufacturer of the tool, offers more image quality at a lower cost than other models.
DALL-E 3
Dal-AT3 text-to-image generation tool belongs to OpenAI and is implemented based on the GPT-4 model. This tool was first released in September 2023 and was only available to paid subscription users. OpenAI has expanded its access to free users since last August. However, at this subscription level you can only produce 2 images per day. You can also use DALL-E 3 through Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot.
Imagen 3
If you’re looking to produce high-quality images without the strict limitations of ChatGPT, Google Image 3 is a great option. This tool is available through the Gemini chatbot and its free version, and it produces higher quality outputs with no noticeable artifacts than previous versions, but this tool can only be used by purchasing a subscription to the Gemini Advanced version (which costs $20 per month), images of people (famous or unpopular) produces
Grok 2
Grok 2’s text-based image creation tool is suitable for people who don’t care about copyright law. This tool, which was created by Elon Musk’s xAI company and is available on the X platform (formerly Twitter), ignores restrictions such as safety and legal rules of other photo production tools. If you want to produce images like Mickey Mouse fighting Darth Vader on the wing of a 747 plane crashing into the Twin Towers, Grok will do it for you, no questions asked. Of course, to access it, you have to pay 8 dollars for “Premium X” subscription.
Gen 3 Alpha with Frames (Gen 3 Alpha with Frames)
Runway’s Gen 3 Alpha is a relatively new model released in June 2024 that can create high-quality, near-realistic still images and video clips based on prompts written in natural language. The company recently announced that it wants to integrate a new foundational model called Frames into the Gen 3 platform, which provides unprecedented control over the image production process. With this model, users can produce several versions of the image while maintaining a certain aesthetic style; Whether it’s mimicking 35mm disposable camera photos or vintage anime motifs. Subscription prices for this tool range from $12 to $76 per month. Of course, the company also offers a limited free plan.
The best artificial intelligence tools for video production
Luma Dream Machine
The Luna Dream machine is primarily designed for fashion, marketing, and filmmaking professionals, but casual and professional users can also use it. Unlike conventional artificial intelligence tools, this tool does not need precise and detailed commands to achieve the desired result and intuitively interprets the user’s natural language prompts. In addition, it is possible to provide multi-image inputs and use single-character reference images in this tool, and users can show artificial intelligence what they have in mind. Luna does not have a free plan, but its hobbyist subscription costs only $10 per month.
Kling
The Kling video production tool is a product of Kuaishou Technology, China, and offers realistic outputs that can compete with Sora, an OpenAI product, and is currently available to users around the world. This tool can create 2-minute videos (double the Sora) at 30 fps, high resolution and 720p resolution (slightly lower than Sora’s 1080p output). Each clip starts at 5 seconds and can be extended to 4.5 minutes by purchasing additional credits. Note that this tool refuses to make images related to politically sensitive topics.
Sora
Sora is considered a revolution in content production. This powerful artificial intelligence tool can create high-quality and creative videos based on simple text using complex algorithms. With Sora, you no longer need the help of large filmmaking teams; With just a few words, you can create videos with compelling stories and stunning scenes. Sora has many different uses; From short commercials to educational videos. This tool will revolutionize the future of content production by continuously learning and improving its algorithms. With Sora, anyone can turn their ideas into reality and create professional videos.
Runway
Runway is a powerful AI-based platform that allows designers and artists to turn their ideas into reality just by writing text. With this tool, you can easily and quickly produce, edit and share fashion designs.
Using advanced artificial intelligence tools, Runway allows users to 3D model their designs and add various textures to them, even overlaying virtual samples of clothing onto 3D models. These features help designers thoroughly review and evaluate their designs before mass production.
In addition, this tool allows designers to create new and innovative designs using machine learning algorithms. By analyzing a huge data set of fashion images and designs, this tool identifies new patterns and trends and provides designers with new design ideas. Combining human creativity and the power of artificial intelligence, Runway helps designers push the boundaries of fashion design.
The best artificial intelligence tools for text generation
ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a chatbot that started a new wave of artificial intelligence in 2022 and still has a special place in the field of AI. According to estimates, this chatbot has 200 million weekly active users. Trained with a large amount of written content including websites, books, social media posts, and news articles, this model is just as adept at answering general questions and generating computer code as it is at generating creative text. In addition, ChatGPT is the first chatbot that introduced the advanced voice conversation feature. Users can speak to it instead of typing; Just like when they talk to humans.
ChatGPT is available on the web and in iOS and Android apps for free, but you can access more advanced models and features by purchasing a subscription to the ChatGPT-Plus plan for $20 per month.
Copilot
With a billion dollar investment in the OpenAI startup, Microsoft has created its own tool called Copilot based on the GPT-4o model, but Copilot is not just a redesigned version of ChatGPT.
Users of this tool can generate images without the need for a premium subscription. In addition, it is also possible to integrate Copilot in the ecosystem of Microsoft programs such as Excel, Word and Outlook; For example, with the help of this tool, you can write text in Word, create charts or tables in Excel, or draft emails in Outlook. It is possible to use all these features only by writing the prompt.
Google Gemini
Google’s Gemini chatbot may have struggled a bit when it officially launched in February, but the AI assistant has quickly become a strong contender for ChatGPT. Gemini offers similar capabilities, including text, image, video, audio, and code generation. At the same time, this assistant can talk to users by voice through “Gemini Live” and integrate with Google’s Workspace suite of applications.
Gemini has the ability to respond to emails in Gmail, search for files in Google Drive, create content in Google Slides and create text drafts. Gemini is available for free on the web and in the iOS and Android apps, but to access more advanced features (and integration with Workspace), you’ll need to purchase a $20/month Google One AI Premium subscription.
Perplexity
Perplexity artificial intelligence assistant is a unique alternative to traditional search engines. Instead of providing a list of websites in the search results, this tool collects relevant information from the Internet and directly responds to the user in the chat window. Such a feature practically eliminates the need to click on separate sites to find the desired information.
Built on the basis of the GPT-4 model, Preblockist is free on Android, iOS and the web. The company also has a Pro subscription plan for $20 per month (or $200 per year) that provides access to more advanced models such as the GPT-4 Omni and Claude 3 with additional benefits.
Jasper
Unlike generic chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini that focus entirely on providing business-related services, this tool is designed to generate relevant text for emails, blogs, social media posts, and marketing content, while maintaining your company’s brand tone, voice, and style.
Jasper includes Jasper chat, which helps you research and provide writing advice and can optimize the SEO score of your marketing content. The tool is available only as a subscription, with plans starting at $40 per month per user; Of course, the manufacturing company also gives a seven-day trial period as a gift.
The best artificial intelligence tools for sound and speech production
Eleven Labs
Elon Labs is a leader in audio production technology and offers a range of audio services including automatic dubbing, voice simulation, text-to-speech and sound effects (SFX) production. Users can choose their favorite voice from thousands of unique voices (including celebrity voices) trained on public and licensed data in 32 languages. These tools are ideal for podcasting, audiobook narration, and conversational AI applications. The products of this company are available with different terms from free to $99 per month.
Respeecher
RaySpeaker specializes in voice simulation for celebrities, content producers, voice actors, game designers and other professional applications. The company’s artificial intelligence model allows people to speak with another human voice. In the frequently asked questions section of this company, it is written about the tool:
We take recordings of the “target” voice (the voice to be simulated), train our system, and apply it to the “source speaker” (the actor who reads the lines). It contains all the emotions, tones and nuances of a real human voice.
Speakify offers a wide selection of celebrity voices, including Chris Farrelly and Richard Nixon. In 2019, this company won an Emmy Award using Nixon’s voice. Subscription plans for the tool start at $18 per month for simple text-to-speech (up to 100,000 characters per month) and range up to $500 per month for the Power plan, which includes 900 minutes of speech-to-speech and 3 Million characters to convert text to speech with more than 100 sounds and 13 accents.
Controlla Voice
If you consider yourself a musician but you can’t read, Controla Voice can help you. Using 15 to 30 minutes of audio samples of your voice, the service’s generative model can train an “artificial intelligence singer voice” that sounds like your voice and apply it to songs in the company’s extensive catalog, or match your voice with Combine other people’s voices from the company’s collection of licensed dubs to produce unique vocals. You can even convert the singer’s voice in existing songs from other artists to your own voice to create audio covers with little effort. Subscription prices for this tool range from $12 to $30 per month.
The best artificial intelligence tools for programming
Claude
Chatbot Cloud, a product of “Anthropic” company, does not have the ability to produce images or voice conversation, but it is considered a unique tool in coding applications. The latest version of the tool, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, has outperformed industry benchmarks including Gemini 1.5 Pro and ChatGPT-4o. Meanwhile, Cloud was the first chatbot to offer a collaboration window called Artifacts. This window shows a preview of AI-generated content outside of the chat space. The free tool is available to web, iOS, and Android users, but $20/month (Pro) or $30/month (Teams) subscriptions allow priority access to new models.
GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot, a product of GitHub and OpenAI collaboration, is an intelligent auto-completion tool for coding. This tool helps users code faster in IDEs like Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Neovim and JetBrains. You can describe a programming problem in your own language to the tool and Copilot will generate the required code in response. In addition, this tool can convert code fragments between different languages or explain what a specific code does. The GitHub version of CopyPilot is available for free, but you will have more features by purchasing a $4/month Pro subscription or a $20/month Enterprise subscription.
Amazon Code Whisperer
Amazon’s Code Whisperer tool is similar to Copilot and provides quick coding suggestions based on available input. The tool is available in the JetBrains IDE and Visual Studio and supports natural language translation to Bash script on the Mac command line. The free version has limited access to advanced features and you have to pay $20 per month to unlock its full features.
Cursor AI
Cursor AI is a programming assistant that provides you with auto-completion suggestions for multiple lines of code based on your previous quick inputs. This tool also has a smart rewrite feature that automatically corrects your typos and syntax errors. The cursor preview feature also helps you browse your project faster and more easily.
Additionally, Cursor AI offers a chat assistant (using GPT-4, GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet) that can answer questions about the active file or specified sections of code, and even edit selected code based on your natural language grammar. . This tool is available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Users can use this tool for free for 2 weeks, then they have to buy a monthly subscription of $20 Pro plan or a monthly subscription of $40 Business plan.
The best AI tools to integrate with your app ecosystem
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has invested heavily in artificial intelligence in recent years and has added intelligence features similar to Gemini and Copilot to its products. According to statistics Meta announced in a blog post in September, “More than 400 million people use Meta AI every month, and 185 million people use it every week in the company’s products.”
The tool now offers conversational AI similar to Advanced Voice Mode in apps like Messenger, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram Direct. It also has the ability to answer questions about images posted in group chats, create custom backgrounds for reposted images on Instagram stories, and automatically translate Instagram Rails audio. Users can even use the generated images in their feed, story or Facebook profile picture. When you ask yourself why this amount of low-quality content generated by artificial intelligence has accumulated on Facebook and Instagram, you should know that this happened because of a feature that Meta spent billions of dollars to develop, not a bug.
365 Copilot
Microsoft has invested more than 10 billion dollars in cooperation with OpenAI and has added ChatGPT capabilities to all its products. In addition to the Copilot chatbot, this company has introduced features such as Copilot pages, which are similar to Cloud Artifacts or “Canvas” in ChatGPT. Microsoft has integrated this feature with Outlook to help you manage your inbox by prioritizing the messages you need to respond to first and quickly drafting emails.
In addition, Copilot 365 can use your natural language prompts to quickly create a coherent narrative for PowerPoint presentations and produce slides with a unified brand tone and voice. In Excel, Copilot can perform heavy tasks such as generating formulas, charts and graphs based on the user’s request. This tool at Microsoft monitors your video meeting team, provides a summary of what happened, and generates a list of actionable tasks based on the topics discussed.
Gemini
Gemini does for Google’s suite of Workspace apps what Copilot does for Microsoft. This AI assistant can be used to draft emails in Gmail, write documents in Docs, generate charts and graphs in Sheets, create and edit slides in Slides, find files in Drive, provide translated live subtitles, and take notes in Meet. If you don’t already have a personal Google One AI Premium subscription, you’ll need to ask your workspace administrator to activate it for you.
Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence may be new to the world of artificial intelligence, but it promises to be more deeply integrated into the company’s product ecosystem than any other technology on the market. This technology, which is designed to play the role of a general agent on behalf of the user, promises tasks such as simplifying daily and repetitive tasks, turning Siri into a better conversationalist, and automating the editing and summarizing of texts in various applications of this company, in addition to increasing the speed of creating possible images. slow
Apple Intelligence is currently available for all devices running iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and MacOS Sequoia; These devices include the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max (and newer models), as well as iPads and Macs with an M1 chip or later.
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