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Generative AI: ChatGPT and Beyond

A guide to the various artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that use deep learning techniques and massively large data sets to understand, summarize, generate and predict new content.

Learn the Tools

 Comparing Generative AI Tools
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ChatGPT Free




Chat GPT Plus

Open AI
Free

  • Built on GPT-3.5
  • Trained on data through 2022

Plus

  • $20/month
  • Built on GPT-4
  • Faster response speed
  • Extra features: web browsing, plugins, code interpreter
Google Gemini

Google
Free
Built on PaLM 2

Perplexity.ai

Perplexity
Free
Built on GPT-3.5 and GPT-4
Can use without creating an account
Can create a Pro account

Elicit Ought
Free
Built on GPT-3
Research Assistant
Scite.ai

scite
Paid

  • $20/month
  • $144/year

Zotero Plug-in

ResearchRabbit

Free
Literature Mapping Tool
Plug-ins for Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote

Poe

Free
Allows users to try out multiple AI tools
Has downloadable apps

Microsoft Co-pilot The tool recommended for course-related use. Penn State has contracted with Microsoft to ensure that information entered into Copilot is secure, confidential, and not used to train the tool itself. Penn State students, faculty and staff do not need to create an account; they can already access it through Penn State authentication.

 

Content Attribution

Portions of this work are from the "Speed dating with databases and tools" Research Guide. That guide is available through Wake Forest University's ZSR Library. The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.