9. AI tools
AI technologies — including the tools, functionality and applications — are rapidly developing. This page lists some useful tools for text, image and audio or video generation, but there are also specific tools you can use for research, literature searching, and writing.
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UQ’s AI tools
Staff and students have access to Microsoft Copilot via the Edge browser or the website (UQ username and password required). You can also access Adobe Express, a tool capable of generating images, text effects, and vectors.
Some AI tools have been denied for use on UQ-owned devices. Visit the software approval list for more information. Staff and students should consider UQ policies, procedures and licensing agreements when using AI, but also the the wider ethical, legal and social impacts of such tools.
AI tools for text generation
| Tool | Useful features or limitations | In-person training | Online training | Cost |
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| Copilot | Microsoft Copilot is an AI chatbot based on the GPT-4 series of large language models (LLM). | No | Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot |
 Freely available for UQ staff and students |
| Claude | Clause is a family of LLMs developed by Anthropic. There are multiple models optimised for different areas such as speed, performance, and complex reasoning. | No | Anthropic Academy |
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| ChatGPT | ChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. It uses generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs) to generate outputs based on user prompts. | No | Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT (LinkedIn Learning, 54m) |
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| Gemini | Gemini is an AI chatbot developed by Google based on the Gemini LLM. | No | Google Generative AI training & help |
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| Perplexity | Perplexity AI is a web search engine that uses a LLM to generate responses based on web search results. | No | Getting Started with Perplexity |
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Tools for image generation
| Tool | Useful features or limitations | In-person training | Online training | Cost |
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| Adobe Firefly | Adobe Firefly uses different AI models for creative production including text-to-image and text-to-video | No | Learn Firefly |
Freely available for UQ staff and students (only image and vector generation functionality) |
| Imagen | Imagen is an image generation model that is embedded into various AI tools by Google such as Whisk and ImageFX |
No | Whisk Help Center |
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| GPT Image 1 | GPT Image 1 is a text-to-image model developed by OpenAI. It is accessible through ChatGPT | No | Generate images with GPT Image |
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| Leonardo.Ai | Leonardo.Ai is an AI platform that allows users to create images, video, and audio content from text prompts. | No | Leonardo.Ai Wiki |
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| Ideogram | Ideogram is a text-to-image AI model and platform | No | Ideogram documentation |
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| Midjourney | Midjourney is an AI program that generates images from natural language prompts. | No | Midjourney Getting Started Guide |
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Tools for audio or video generation
| Tool | Useful features or limitations | In-person training | Online training | Cost |
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| Elevenlabs | ElevenLabs is an AI text-to-speech platform that can produce lifelike speech by synthesising vocal emotion, intonation and conversational AI. | No | ElevenLabs Text to Speech |
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| Suno | Suno is an AI music creation program where users can sue text prompts to generate songs with or without vocals. | No | Suno Making Music |
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| Riffusion | Riffusion is a neural network platform that generates music by creating visualisations of sound. | No | Riffusion Docs |
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| AIVA | AIVA is an AI music generation assistant that allows users to generate songs in a number of different styles. | No | Introduction to Composing with AIVA (YouTube, 2m50s) |
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| Flow | Flow is an AI filmkaing tool developed by Google. It allows users to create video content such as short clips, scenes and longer video content. | No | Get started with Flow |
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| Runway | Runway is a creative AI platform that offers a suite of tools and models for creating video, audio, and images. | No | Runway Academy |
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| Sora | Sora is OpenAI's text to video model. It can take text, image and video inputs and generate new video outputs. | No | Getting started with Sora (YouTube, 2m17s) |
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| Kling AI | Kling AI is an AI video generation tool developed by Kuaishou. Users can input text-prompts and images to generate video outputs. | No | How to Use Kling AI (Tutorial): Free High Quality AI Video Generator (YouTube, 8m16s) |
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| NotebookLM | NotebookLM is an AI research and note-taking by Google. It allows users to input a number of different sources such as documents and videos and generate AI outputs such as summaries, quizzes and podcasts on topics. | No | 8 expert tips for getting started with NotebookLM |
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Read about AI tools for literature searching. There are many new AI tools available to researchers and students that focus on academic sources (rather than general AI tools such as Copilot or ChatGPT).
