6 Free Generative AI Tools That Are Great for Beginners

The generative AI revolution is opening up exciting possibilities for individuals and businesses. While many are eager to experiment with large language models (LLMs), it's essential to choose the right tool for your needs. ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Bard, among others, are user-friendly options worth exploring.
A generative AI revolution is underway. As pioneers and developers continue to get their heads around how it works, more and more people are eager to start experimenting with large language models (LLMs) to see what they can do but aren’t sure where to start.

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According to PA Consulting, 85% of U.S. consumers are very interested in AI, but nearly 82% are apprehensive about it, while 65% reported they were outright confused.
The truth is, you don’t need to be an AI researcher or expert prompt engineer to benefit from generative AI chatbots. Tools like ChatGPT, Bing, Bard, Jasper, Copy.ai, Quillbot, and Dall-E 2 are all LLM-powered tools that are easy for new users to experiment with.

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Top 6 Generative AI Tools You Need to Know

1. ChatGPT

ChatGPT is the most well-known AI chatbot on the market and is extremely easy to use. Simply enter a written query or prompt, press enter, and the solution will use natural language processing (NLP) to scan your input and generate a written response.
This tool is a general-purpose AI assistant, which means the user can ask it questions as part of a back-and-forth conversation or use it to create written content such as articles, emails, lists, poems, songs, code, and stories.
When experimenting with ChatGPT, it’s important to note that its training data only goes up to 2021, which means it doesn’t have knowledge of dates or events that occurred after that.

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Likewise, it has a tendency to hallucinate or make up facts, so it’s important to fact-check any information it gives you.

2. Bing Chat

Bing Chat is Microsoft’s search-engine chatbot based on the GPT-4 LLM, which is available via a sidebar in the Edge web browser. With Bing Chat, you can enter search queries with text or images or conduct a voice search, and Bing will respond with a written response or image, depending on your query.
One of the main selling points of Bing Chat is its capabilities as a search tool. It uses training data connected to the Internet, which means you can ask it questions about current events and news the same way you would a search engine.
When responding, it also includes a list of sources and relevant links so that you can conduct further research into a given topic. The chatbot also has the ability to create AI-generate images upon request.

3. Bard

Google Bard is Google’s conversational chatbot and AI assistant, which is built on the PaLM2 LLM. The user interface is simple and easy to use, just enter a query via text or voice, and Bard can respond with text, images, and videos based on content taken from Google Search.
Bard will respond to each prompt with three drafted responses, which you can change between to get the most comprehensive response for your needs. It’s also connected to the Internet, meaning you can use it to summarize other online content and current events.
The chatbot’s integration with Adobe Firefly also means that it can be used to create AI-generated images.

4. Jasper

Jasper is an AI-driven copywriting assistant that uses a proprietary AI model alongside third-party models like GPT-3 to help users create brand-conscious content.
This chatbot is designed to generate text that replicates a brand’s tone of voice to create content for marketing collateral such as web pages, emails, adverts, sales listings, and blogs.
You can create new documents or scratch or use existing templates, entering a written command, which the assistant will respond to with text output. You can craft the output response by entering a content description or brief and providing details on your tone of voice and what keywords you want to use.
The key difference between Jasper and other tools, like ChatGPT and Bard, is that it focuses on producing marketing content rather than conversational text output.

5. DALL-E 2

DALL-E 2 is an AI tool released by Open AI in 2021, which uses GPT-3 and deep learning to convert text prompts into images. Simply create an account on the OpenAI website, enter a prompt into the search bar, and DALL-E 2 will proceed to generate an image.
If the design isn’t quite right, then you can choose other variations. Once you find the right design, you can share it and save it.
The quality of the image output will largely depend on the depth of your initial prompt, so it’s worth trying to give as much detail as possible for DALL-E 2 to process.
DALL-E 2 is a popular image generation tool because it is easier to use than more complex ones like Midjourney.

6. Quillbot

Quillbot is an AI assistant that uses natural language processing to process a piece of text and paraphrase it. Essentially, the user enters a piece of text into a prompt box located on the Quillbot AI website, and then the chatbot will check the content for grammar and suggest ways that it can be improved.
Users can choose between paraphrasing text, summarizing written content, checking grammar, and generating citations based on their needs.
Quillbot is a useful tool for those who want to produce and proofread personal and commercial content that’s fluid and easy to read.

The Bottom Line

Experimenting with these tools will help to inspire you to find new ways to use AI to enhance your professional workflows. Ultimately, the results you get will depend on the level of detail you enter into that first prompt.