AI and information literacy

AI Tools for Searching

Always be sure to confirm the AI tool's information sources, currency, etc. before using one for information purposes. See the home page on this guide for more information as well as the Using Generative AI page for tips on checking the information produced by AI. 

Perplexity - Perplexity AI is an AI-powered search engine and chatbot that leverages advanced technologies like natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to provide accurate and comprehensive answers to user queries. Designed to search the web in real-time, it offers up-to-date information on a wide range of topics. With an intuitive user interface, Perplexity AI is a valuable resource for students, researchers, and anyone seeking precise answers supported by citations.

Microsoft Copilot (Bing Chat) - Chat feature works best in Microsoft Edge and stand-alone mobile app. Chatbot powered by Microsoft's proprietary Prometheus, which combines GPT-4 (which also powers the subscription version of ChatGPT) and Bing web search. How to use search operators to refine your Bing AI search results (Tech Republic, 5/24/2023)

Google Gemini - An AI-driven feature that generates interactive AI snippets to provide users with answers to their queries. Click on the Google "G" icon to examine relevant sources.

You.com - "AI chatbot to search the web"

AI Tools for Studying

Don’t Use A.I. to Cheat in School. It’s Better for Studying.(New York Times On Tech: AI)

Claude - Claude is an "AI assistant created by Anthropic to be helpful, harmless, and honest." Claude is known for having a particularly large memory and can summarize large documents or multiple pdfs.

ChatPDF - "Chat with any PDF"

Explainpaper - "Upload a paper, highlight confusing text, get an explanation."

Humata - "ChatGPT for all your files"

Glasp YouTube Summary with ChatGPT - Generate ChatGPT summaries of YouTube video transcripts. Extension for Chrome and Safari.

Citation and Research Support AI Tools

Consensus - Consensus is a search engine that uses AI to extract and distill findings from peer-reviewed sources. Subject matter coverage ranges from medical research and physics to social sciences and economics. Utilizes the Semantic Scholar dataset.

Research Rabbit - Provide a seed article that allows you to retrieve recommended articles, visualize networks of articles and authors, and get alerts about additional relevant research. Allows for collaborative research sharing.

Semantic Scholar - A project at the Allen Institute for AI, it indexes over 200 million academic papers sourced from publisher partnerships, data providers, and web crawls.

JSTOR Text Analyzer - Built by JSTOR Labs, this tool will analyze a document you upload to recommend related sources on JSTOR. Supports English, Arabic, (simplified) Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.

AI Directories and Collections

Poe - Poe by Quora is a unique platform that gives users access to multiple AI chatbots in one place.

Futurepedia AI Tools Directory

The Rundown AI's Tools Database - Companion to The Rundown AI newsletter.

There's an AI for That (sponsored by the TeamSmart ChatGPT Chrome Extension)

All Things AI - "A curated directory of the latest AI tools & services"

AI Valley - "The Latest Source of AI Tools & Prompts"