The Top AI Salon Tool Recommendations

My buddy Kyle Shannon has built an incredible community across his over 30K + followers on his nightly TikTok Lives called the AI Learning Lab to the Mighty Network AI Salon community and the twice-a-month in-person and virtual combo gathering of AI enthusiasts. This is his list that he updates as often as something new comes out. If you are interested in AI, here is where to start.

Last updated: 12/10/2023

ChatGPT: Still the Best

• ChatGPT 3.5: (Free) chat.openai.com
  • Fast, solid & free
• ChatGPT4: ($20/mo.) chat.openai.com
  • Multi-Modal state of the art tool. WORTH the investment.
• ChatGPT for Developers: platform.openai.com/playground
  • Platform for developing and customizing ChatGPT applications.

Important Language Models

• Claude: claude.ai
  • Advanced language model with unique features.
• Grok: x.ai
  • Requires x.com Premium Plus subscriptiom ($16/month)
• Bard: bard.google.com
  • Google’s language model with diverse capabilities, now powered by Gemini Pro.
• MS CoPilot: copilot.microsoft.com
  • Microsoft’s version of the ChatGPT4. FREE and connected to the internet and can make images using Dall-e 3.

Specialty LLMs

• Pi (Inflection): Pi.ai (And their mobile apps)
  • Pi is designed to be conversational. Download the mobile app and talk to an internet connected GPT
• Perpelxity AI: perplexity.ai
  • Very good for research and citations
• Llama 2 (Meta): labs.perplexity.ai
  • Meta’s tool for exploring perplexity in AI models.
• Poe (Quora): poe.com
  • Quora’s initiative focusing on perplexity in language models.

Image Creation

• Dall-e 3: chat.openai.com
  • OpenAI’s advanced image generation model.
• Midjourney: midjourney.com
  • Platform for creative and artistic image creation.
• Leonardo: (Adobe): leonardo.ai
  • Web front end on top of Stable Diffusion.
• Firefly (Adobe): firefly.adobe.com
  • Adobe’s another innovative tool for image generation.

Video Creation

• Runway ML: runwayml.com
  • A platform for machine learning-based video editing and creation.
• Visla: app.visla.us
  • Tool for creating and editing videos using AI.
• Moon Valley: moonvalley.ai
  • AI-driven platform for video generation.
• HeyGen: labs.heygen.com
  • Specialized in generating high-quality video content.
• Pika Labs: pika.art
  • Creative platform for AI-enhanced video creation.
• D-ID: studio.d-id.com
  • Advanced AI for creating realistic videos.

Music/Audio

• Eleven Labs: elevenlabs.io
  • Specializes in AI-driven audio and voice synthesis.
• Riffusion: riffusion.com
  • Platform for creating music using AI technologies.
• Suno: suno.ai
  • AI-based tool for music generation and editing.
• SoundRaw: soundraw.io
  • Creative platform for generating original music.

3D Worlds & Objects

• Blockade Labs: skybox.blockadelabs.com
  • Innovative 3D world creation tool.
• Luma AI: lumalabs.ai
  • Specializes in 3D object creation and manipulation.
• WonderDynamics: app.wonderdynamics.com
  • Platform for creating dynamic 3D worlds and characters.

Resources – People to Follow

• Ethan Mollick: oneusefulthing.org
  • Offers insights and resources for AI and technology.
• David Shapiro: YouTube – @DaveShap
  • Provides content related to AI developments and applications.
• Paul Roetzer: marketingaiinstitute.com
  • Focuses on the intersection of marketing and AI.
• Rachel Woods: tiktok.com/@AIExchange
  • Shares insights and news about AI and related technologies.

Directories

• Futurepedia: futurepedia.io
  • Matt Wolfe’s directory of AI tools and resources.
• There’s An AI for That: theresanaiforthat.com
  • Comprehensive directory for AI tools