By considering factors such as functionality, ease of use, and scalability, we aim to help you make informed decisions about your learning and research needs and leverage the power of AI. You may click on a specific hyperlink in the guide below for further reference.
Note: This guide only provides options for GenAI tools to enhance your learning and research experience. You are strongly advised to use GenAI tools ethically, appropriately, and with a thorough understanding of their capabilities and potential implications. Respect intellectual property rights, adhere to ethical guidelines, and exercise responsible usage to contribute positively to the academic and research community.
HKU ChatGPT
HKU license is available. You may log in with your HKU Portal account to use the HKU ChatGPT service.
Claude-3.7-Sonnet (via Poe)
Anthropic's most intelligent model. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is a hybrid reasoning model, producing near-instant responses or extended, step-by-step thinking. You may access Claude 3.7 Sonnet via Poe.com. Note: Poe.com offers free access to several OpenAI tools, including ChatGPT and Claude.
Notion AI
Notion AI is a writing assistant that can help you brainstorm, write, edit, or summarise content based on the Notion platform. Limited free access is available.
Perplexity - AI Companion
Ask questions or get summaries while browsing the internet, and it will provide answers based on the page or site.
HKU DALL·E
HKU license is available. You may log in with your HKU Portal account to use the HKU DALL·E service. It generates images based on your prompts. You may consider using HKU ChatGPT to help write better prompts.
GPT-Image-1 (via Poe)
The image generation model powers GPT-4o's image generation in ChatGPT, offering unprecedented prompt adherence, level of detail, and quality. Images can be edited, restyled, or combined. You may access GPT-Image-1 via Poe.com.
Canva's AI Image Generator
Free online AI image generator: The generated image can be used directly in Canva presentation preparation on the Canva platform.
Stable Diffusion Online
A latent text-to-image diffusion model can generate photo-realistic images based on the given text input (i.e., prompt).
Microsoft Designer
It can generate editable designs based on the input description (i.e., prompt), assist with layout, and create post designs with images, among other features.
ElevenLabs
Elevenlabs is an AI voice technology platform that provides remarkably natural text-to-speech synthesis with the ability to clone voices and add emotional tones.
Nari Dia-1.6B
Nari Labs' featured product, Dia, a 1.6 billion parameter open-source TTS model, is designed to generate ultra-realistic dialogue from text transcripts.