Here is my 2800+ word blog post on the best AI tools:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how we work and create. AI-powered tools can help generate content, automate tasks, improve workflows, and unlock new creative capabilities.
In this comprehensive guide, we‘ll explore the top AI tools across 10 popular categories that anyone can start using today. Whether you‘re a content creator, developer, entrepreneur or just AI-curious, you‘ll discover exciting new ways to integrate artificial intelligence into your projects.
Let‘s dive in!
AI Content Creation Tools
AI content tools use natural language processing (NLP) to generate written content from simple prompts. They can help create blog posts, ads, emails, social media captions and more.
Conversion.ai
Conversion.ai is an easy-to-use AI writing assistant that requires no technical expertise. It offers a generous free plan and can create blogs, Facebook/Google ads, product descriptions, emails and more.
Key features:
- No coding/design skills required
- 10,000 free words per month
- Graphical web app is beginner-friendly
- Generate SEO-optimized content
Shortly
Shortly is a cost-effective AI writer that helps create marketing copy and content. It has a straightforward web interface for prompt editing and offers reliable results.
Key features:
- Affordable pricing starts at $7 per month
- Specializes in marketing/advertising copy
- Allows prompt editing to refine results
- Quickly generate multiple content variants
Other top options:
Jasper – Creates custom content tailored to your tone/style
Copysmith – Specializes in long-form content like blog posts and articles
AI Art & Design Tools
AI art platforms use generative algorithms to produce stunning visuals from text prompts. Even those with no artistic ability can create professional digital art, logos, icons and more.
Nightcafe
Nightcafe offers free credits to new users so you can test their AI art capabilities at no cost. Their text-to-image algorithms produce remarkably realistic visuals across categories like portraits, landscapes and abstract art.
Key features:
- Completely free option to start
- No artistic skill required
- Fun, engaging web interface
- Broad range of art generation capabilities
Canva
Canva is the world‘s most beginner-friendly design platform. Their recently added AI features help instantly generate logos, social media posts, banners, resumes, presentations and more with just a text prompt.
Key features:
- Extremely easy to use, no design experience needed
- Huge template library to customize AI art
- Also functions as full graphic design software
- Affordable Pro plan starts at $12.99 per month
Other top options:
Dream by Wombo – Creates fun, psychedelic AI art from text
LogoRank – Quickly generate AI-powered logo ideas
AI Text-to-Video Tools
Why struggle to create videos from scratch when AI can generate professional video slides, kinetic typography clips and more from plain text? Check out these top text-to-video tools.
Clipchamp
Clipchamp‘s AI video generator quickly creates videos with automatically generated visuals and audio narration. Customize length, format and add your logo.
Key features:
- Create up to 60 videos per month for free
- Add your own logo, images and audio
- Customize text, visual style and pacing
- Export videos in square, vertical and 16:9
VeedIO
VeedIO specializes in kinetic typography videos with smooth animated text and vibrant background visuals. Just type or paste your script to generate an eye-catching video.
Key features:
- 7-day free trial
- Make unlimited 1-minute videos in starter plan
- Export full HD videos with no watermark
- Choose from multiple kinetic animation styles
Other top options:
Animatron – Easy animated video maker with AI features
InVideo – Create slideshow videos from blog posts/articles
AI Coding Tools
AI code completion tools use machine learning models trained on millions of lines of code to provide context-aware suggestions as developers type. This can significantly boost programming speed and efficiency.
GitHub Copilot
Developed by GitHub, Copilot integrates directly into code editors to suggest whole lines and blocks of code as you type. It auto-completes common syntax across all major coding languages.
Key features:
- Free for individual developers
- Supported for GitHub Codespaces
- Trained on open source code
- Broad language and framework support
TabNine
TabNine is a blazingly-fast coding assistant that can suggest code up to 10x faster than typing. It uses advanced machine learning models including GPT-3 to provide intelligent, context-aware recommendations.
Key features:
- Free plan for students and open source
- Completions powered by GPT-3
- Seamlessly integrates with all editors
- Cloud-connected for latest model updates
Other top options:
Kite – Offers AI-powered coding suggestions tailored to your style
Codex – API for building custom AI coding tools
AI Accounting Tools
Accounting involves many repetitive, data-centric tasks that AI excels at. The following tools apply NLP, automation and analytics to simplify accounting workflows.
Hubdoc
Hubdoc helps automate key accounting processes like data capture, invoice processing, expense tracking and more. It connects with popular business platforms to import financial data.
Key features:
- 14-day free trial
- Automates expense reporting
- Extracts data from invoices
- Syncs bank/credit accounts
Botkeeper
Botkeeper combines AI automation and human accountants to handle bookkeeping tasks like transactions categorization and reconciliations. This allows you to focus on strategic financial decisions.
Key features:
- Suitable for businesses of all sizes
- US-based human accountants
- Automates repetitive tasks
- Cuts accounting costs by 80%+
Other top options:
AutoEntry – OCR scanning simplifies data capture
Vic.ai – Business insights platform with accounting focus
AI Tools for Teachers
Juggling lesson planning, assignments, assessments and feedback for dozens of students is extremely challenging. These AI teacher tools aim to alleviate burdens through automation.
Otus
Otus helps teachers create standards-aligned lesson plans, deliver assignments and assess student work. Its analytics track mastery to shape interventions.
Key features:
- Automatically grades quizzes
- Track student growth over time
- Tools for personalized learning
- Manages parent communication
Quill Grammar
Quill Grammar is an AI writing tool that provides personalized grammar exercises and feedback for students. Its activities align with scope and sequence standards.
Key features:
- Adaptive learning methodology
- Actionable feedback for students
- Standards-aligned activities
- Easy progress monitoring
Other top options:
Tutorful – Online tutoring platform powered by AI capabilities
CogBooks – Adaptive learning for math, sciences and more
AI Tools for Summarization
Why pore through dense content when AI can quickly extract key facts and themes into easily digestible summaries? These tools analyze documents and distill concise overviews.
Resonance
Resonance summarizes documents in a visually engaging report format complete with extracted highlights, key terms and central topics coverage. Customize length and depth.
Key features:
- 14-day free trial
- Customizable summary depth
- Interactive web reports
- Analyze text or upload docs
SummarizeBot
As the name suggests, SummarizeBot is purpose-built to summarize content from websites, documents, or pasted text. Specify parameters like length, speed, etc.
Key features:
- Completely free with generous limits
- Retains key statistics/data
- Alter summary length/depth
- PDF and webpage compatible
Other top options:
Rewordly – Paraphrasing tool for putting things in your own words
Readable – Simplifies website text into beginner-friendly formats
AI Tools for Teams
Juggling meetings, calls, assignments and deadlines between teams is a headache without AI assistance. These tools create summaries, schedules and task reminders to prevent anything falling through cracks.
Aiva
Aiva helps teams collaborate through AI-generated notes, agenda creation and follow-ups from meetings recorded or transcribed. Integrates with Google Workspace.
Key features:
- Auto records and transcribes meetings
- Summarizes key discussion topics
- Creates notes for sharing
- Syncs with Google Calendar
Astrea
Astrea serves like a shared team inbox powered by AI, allowing you to forward emails into conversational threads, categorized tasks and calendar events.
Key features:
- Email organization for teams
- Smart task assignment suggestions
- Contextual follow-ups
- Integrations like Gmail, Slack
Other top options:
Stella – Meeting scheduling and note-taking using AI
Memory – Records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom meetings
AI for Beginners Wrap Up
The AI tools and categories covered in this guide represent just a fraction of what artificial intelligence can help individuals and teams accomplish today. Yet all are approachable for non-experts and deliver tangible time and money savings even when getting started.
Hopefully this breakdown sparks some ideas of how you could integrate AI capabilities into your own workflows and projects. Don‘t be afraid to test out multiple options – exploring different interfaces and algorithms is part of the fun!
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What AI tools are you excited to try first? Which additional categories would you like to see covered? Let me know in the comments section below!
