The artificial intelligence revolution entered our lives towards the end of 2022, and since then it has been everywhere and is creating a wonderful new world that is still in its infancy. In a few years, just like at the beginning of the Internet era, those who do not integrate into the worlds of AI will be left behind.
The technology giants, high-tech companies, armies around the world, and also industries, organizations and companies that are not related to the field of computing and digital are already integrating artificial intelligence technologies into their work processes and product development. And this understanding makes it possible to create, initiate, make informed decisions, organize and do things much faster - and sometimes also much better.
We have collected for you the best websites and apps that will provide you with a free glimpse of the new era. They allow you to try out an initial and basic version, before you decide if you want to use them as subscribers and get the full and richer product.
Gemini and Jephthah at the top
The search giant Google is a pioneer in the development of artificial intelligence. It started experimentally with a chatbot called Bard, which became Gemini last year. It is a sophisticated "search engine" that answers questions and solves problems in almost every field: from physics, mathematics, medicine, history and law to cooking, fashion, lifestyle and even psychological counseling. To prevent misuse, in Gemini you will not receive answers on controversial issues, such as elections, violence, sex or violation of user privacy.
Gemini has several versions: the basic, free service allows you to receive abbreviated and limited answers. The premium service - Gemini Advanced - allows you to use the most advanced artificial intelligence services and costs about $20 a month. The paid service includes more precise and richer capabilities, long conversations (threading) and carrying out complex instructions while understanding the contexts arising from previous questions.
The main competitor of Gemini is ChatGPT or in its abbreviated nickname: Gupta. This is an artificial intelligence-based chatbot, developed by the OpenAI company. It was officially launched in November 2022 and immediately attracted a lot of attention, mainly due to its detailed and eloquent responses in many areas of knowledge. As in Gemini, the basic version includes relatively short answers, and the paid version provides rich and full responses.
So how do you start?
Go to Gemini.com or ChatGPT and log in with your usual Google or Gmail username and password. If Gmail is open on the computer or mobile device, Gemini will recognize you immediately.
In the next step, write the request or instruction in the command line on the screen. For example: "Write me an article about the history of pizza, the frequency of ordered toppings, and add recipes for low-fat margherita pizza", or: "Write me a birthday greeting for my partner who is 30 years old, we have been together for two years, mention the trip we took to New York , the fact that we both like to watch Seinfeld, and that I want to become a mother already."
In seconds you will receive an answer. If it is not sufficient, you can continue the chat by specifying additional data or required additions, Gemini will add them to the previous result. The more information and specific examples you provide, the more accurate and detailed an answer you will receive.
What can we do?
With the help of these tools you can write articles, speeches and greetings, prepare theses, receive psychological counseling on a variety of issues, diagnose diseases based on medical condition data and symptoms, translate texts, prepare posts, advertisements, product descriptions, explain concepts, give recipes, organize the calendar Your times, find addresses and phone numbers, recommend entertainment places. In fact, to receive any personalized information for your situation.
The picture that never was
The artificial intelligence programs for creating images have become a daily work tool of designers, architects and graphic artists, but also non-professional users have fun with them and create realistic images of situations that never happened. As the popularity grows, so more and more sites pop up that take a ride on the technology. The best of them no longer allow a free trial and charge subscription fees whose cost is only increasing.
Among the popular sites where you can create countless images from any text you type in the command line, you will find, for example, DALLE-E-2 from OpenAI, which started the whole ChatGPT craze, and Midjourney, which offers great accuracy and detail of images. As usual in artificial intelligence software, the more details you type, the more accurate the result will be and will be to your liking.
When thought becomes music
If you ever wanted to turn your thoughts into sounds, artificial intelligence is here for you. For example, the Sono music generator, which will create any song or melody for you according to the text you type. Sono, which means "listening" in Hindi, quickly became so popular that Microsoft decided to integrate it into its artificial intelligence application, "CoPilot", built into the Windows operating system.
Sono was developed by a group of musicians and artificial intelligence experts from Cambridge and Massachusetts. After a short registration, he will create pleasant songs for you up to two minutes long to impress you. You can ask him for two initial works of 35 seconds in length. After them you will be asked to pay a monthly subscription fee for longer works.
As with all artificial intelligence sites, here too - the more details you add to the request you type, the more accurate the result will be. For example, you can request: "Create for me a rhythmic pop song of a trio, with two female singers and a male singer, in a style that combines the 90s and a symphony orchestra. Please make sure that the lyrics are optimistic and speak of a successful professional future for me and happiness for my family", or "Create I have a quiet piano melody accompanied by violins, which turns into heavy rock within half a minute."
Sono is easy to use, fast, allows you to create music in a wide variety of original styles, and is suitable for every user: whether he is a professional musician or a music lover without prior knowledge. However, the sound quality of the created music is not perfect, not all aspects of it can be controlled, and the piece may not be completely original and parts of it will be drawn from other pieces that the AI engine has "learned".
It is likely that the next versions of Sono and other music generators will be smarter, more complex and provide a more professional experience. Until then, if only for the unique experience, it's worth having fun with Sono basically, creating greetings, background music for posts, videos or presentations, or just to improve the mood a bit.
Jump grandma to 2024
Do you have old and faded photos? Using artificial intelligence, you can significantly improve their quality. There are several photo enhancement sites on the web, such as Magnific AI and Rimini, which allow you to upload low-resolution photos and receive them back in amazing resolution, while adding many realistic details.
In addition to the usual enhancement capabilities, the sites also offer unique functions that allow users to "reinvent" their images using explicit text instructions. For example, you can instruct the software to add new elements, change the image style or create completely new images based on an existing image. If the image is small, you can enlarge it several times while maintaining its quality, and add fine details to the images, such as textures, shadows and lighting.
Here too, the results will not always be perfect, and they can vary depending on the quality of the original image. The software may also add unnatural or unwanted details. And yet, it is a powerful innovative tool for improving images and creating new images. The main disadvantage: due to the great success, all the sites charge money. The more expensive ones, obviously, create the highest quality images. Prices can range from $30 a month to $100 or more. There are also annual subscriptions, business and more.
Did you miss Zoom? Get a transcript
Were you notified of a Zoom session at the last minute and you're stuck in traffic? Did you miss a lecture at the university that is also delivered on Zoom? Some artificial intelligence tools allow a real-time transcription of the session or lecture in Zoom. The most sophisticated and accurate of all is Otter Pilot, which uses advanced technology to recognize and analyze speech in real time while creating an accurate transcript.
The software not only transcribes: it also allows you to display the name of the speaker and associate it with each sentence in the transcript, allows you to edit the transcript manually, add comments and share them with others, search for words and phrases in the transcript - which makes it easier to find the information - and even take photos of the slides that appear in the presentation and place them In the summary next to the text.
The free version allows you to transcribe up to 30 minutes of Zoom meetings per month. The paid version offers additional features, such as unlimited transcription and advanced transcription editing. At this stage, the software only supports Hebrew.