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2022 was a breakthrough year in AI We learned that Generative AI has a massive impact on everything from creative industries to business operations. Millions of people are actively using AI tools today which shows that our society is ready to welcome AI into their daily lives. Gartner estimates that by 2025 Generative AI will account for 10% of all data produced, and for 30% of all outbound marketing messages from large brands.
In this blog post, we will cover some of the most popular apps in 2022 to help you prepare for 2023, which is certainly going to be another pivotal year for AI.
This overview will cover applications in the following fields of Generative AI:
Text It’s not just businesses that can benefit from text creation with Generative AI in the form of chatbots or copywriting tools. Anyone can use it to create essays, creative stories, character descriptions, translations, and much more.
GPT-3 This large language model from OpenAI can generate human-like text. You can use it for many things, like letting it suggest slogans or simply asking it about certain topics. It is very general-purpose text generation.
GPT-3 OpenAI playground Try it out: beta.openai.com
ChatGPT ChatGPT is a fine-tuned version of a model in the GPT-3.5 series. You can read more about its use cases and limitations here . The purpose of ChatGPT is to be used in a conversational manner. However, do bear in mind that most answers are very long and quite generic.
ChatGPT chat window Try it out: chat.openai.com/chat
Quickchat AI This brings us to Quickchat AI. You can think of it as a conversational layer built on top of large language models like GPT-3. It allows you to customize them for a business use case by adding your own Personality , Knowledge Base and Integrations . Read more about the specifics of the possible customizations and use cases here .
Quickchat AI - Settings Quickchat AI - Knowledge Base Try it out: app.quickchat.ai
Emerson AI Emerson is a multilingual AI conversation partner . You can use it to learn new things, study languages or just to chat, Emerson does have a sense of humor for sure. You can use the Emerson AI mobile app to talk to Emerson via texting or voice & audio. If you are using Telegram , Emerson will respond to photos you send it.
Emerson AI - voice & audio conversation Emerson responding to photos on Telegram Try it out: quickchat.ai/emerson
Copy.ai Copywriting tools like copy.ai are perfect for creating text more efficiently. You can write basically anything, from social media posts to blogs to wedding vows. If you need a translation, you can create your text in over 25 languages.
Copywriting with copy.ai Try it out: copy.ai
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Synthesia Whether you need a training or marketing video, this video creation platform lets you create personalized videos in minutes. Just enter your text and choose between different AI avatars and AI voices.
Synthesia’s video creator tool Try it out: synthesia.io
Runway ML Runway ML revolutionizes video editing, offering a variety of AI Magic Tools ranging from background removal, motion tracking, transcript creation, color grading a video with text, and much more. You can even add a green background to your video in seconds - it seems like green screens will be obsolete in the future. A few months ago, Runway announced that a text-to-video feature would be coming soon, allowing you to edit videos by typing commands.
Runway ML video editor Try it out: runwayml.com
Image With the various text-to-image generators that have hit the market this year, anyone can create their own AI art. There are also many useful apps using AI for enhancing photos or images as well as transforming existing images by removing or adding objects.
Lensa This photo editor for selfies and photo retouching features a smart eraser and many pro adjustments. Lensa AI can also create Magic Avatars from selfies you feed it.
Lensa app Try it out: prisma-ai.com/lensa
Vizcom Vizcom develops creative tools for artists and designers. It can help you create optimized 3D renders of your drawings in seconds which can save you an enormous amount of time.
Vizcom creative tool Try it out: vizcom.ai
Stable Diffusion AI art has taken the internet by the storm this summer. With text-to-image models like Stable Diffusion, you can easily create pictures by entering a text prompt (like we did for the image in our recent blog post on how to build conversational AI on WhatsApp). Oh, and be sure to add a negative prompt, telling the Stable Diffusion model what you don’t want to have in the image.
Image has been generated with Stable Diffusion 2.1 using the following prompt: Futuristic robot announcing WhatsApp integration, beautiful colourful artistic photograph Try it out: huggingface.co/spaces/stabilityai/stable-diffusion
Code AI is becoming an increasingly important tool for software developers, increasing efficiency and accuracy. It can not only speed up the coding process, but also fully automate it.
GitHub Copilot The AI pair programmer helps you write code faster and with less work. It draws context from comments and code and suggests lines and functions. A few weeks ago, a new brush feature was released to help you fix bugs and make your code cleaner and more robust.
GitHub Copilot in use Try it out: github.com/features/copilot
ChatGPT While GitHub Copilot helps you with coding, ChatGPT can generate code from scratch. Just tell it what you want to code, and it will do the job. It can also find bugs in your code.
ChatGPT - coding example Try it out: chat.openai.com/chat
Speech Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech, allowing you to create voice-overs in a click. It is becoming increasingly popular and you’ve probably heard AI voices in social media videos, ads, call centers or smart assistants in the last month.
Resemble.ai With this voice generation tool, you can create human-like voice recordings in different languages. You can integrate custom voices into your favorite tools and even clone your own voice by recording samples. (Pro tip from my first-hand experience: use a good microphone).
resemble.ai voice generation tool Try it out: resemble.ai
Podcast.ai Did you know that there is a podcast that is generated entirely by artificial intelligence? And it sounds… stunningly real!
Full episode generated using podcast.ai Try it out: podcast.ai
Music There are tons of AI-powered music plugins that are very helpful tools for producers. But of course, if you have no idea how to create beats, AI can generate music from scratch.
Mubert Mubert generates music tracks in an instant. You can select genres, moods or activities and set a duration. The music is royalty free, but in order to use it, you have to pay for a premium subscription. By the way, a text-to-music feature launched a few days ago!
Mubert - music generation tool Try it out: mubert.com
A Glance into the Future of Gaming Being one of the largest entertainment industries in the world, it’s only a matter of time before AI fundamentally changes gaming. Imagine how immersive a video game would be if NPCs were controlled by Conversational AI, resulting in smarter behavior, more creative decisions, and unprecedented originality in their own backstory. Buckle up, because that future is sure to come very soon.
If you want to know more and see some demonstrations of these apps, be sure to check out our new YouTube video !
I wish you all a wonderful start to an exciting 2023!