Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Media Literacy
AI Tools
Generative AI, uses technologies such as machine learning, large language models, and massive datasets to create human-like content such as writing, images, code, and complex problem-solving in fields like medicine and mathematics. Below are examples of AI tools.
Before diving in, you may consider reading about concerns related to AI and safety, privacy, and ethics, and remember to read the Terms & Conditions/Privacy Policy before signing up or using any tool.
Disclaimer: You might not be allowed to use Generative AI in every class or assignment. If your instructor hasn’t said that it's okay to use AI in the assignment guidelines or syllabus, you should check with them before including any AI-generated text or media in your work. If you're unsure, it's always best to ask your instructor. For more information on using AI in the SNHU environment, review the Student Use Guidelines for Generative AI document for helpful Do's and Don't's.
General Purpose
Text and content generating AI tools. These could help you with brainstorming ideas or examples, narrowing your topic ideas for a research paper, ideas for keywords to search in library databases, and/or summarizing and outlining information.
- Latimer
A large language model trained with diverse histories & inclusive voices. - ChatGPT This link opens in a new window
A chatbot developed by OpenAI. It uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to answer questions, write content, summarize information and more. - ClaudeAI This link opens in a new window
An AI language model created by Anthropic. AI assistant for various tasks, similar to ChatGPT. - Google Gemini This link opens in a new window
Gemini gives you direct access to Google AI to provide help with writing, planning, learning, and more. It will show where it sourced information from by adding a hyperlink number by the text and you can then verify that reference. - Microsoft CoPilot This link opens in a new window
Integrated within Microsoft 365, this AI tool enhances productivity by offering contextually aware assistance automating tasks like email drafting, document creation, and data analysis within the Microsoft ecosystem.
Specialty Use
Below are AI tools for video and image creation as well as other specialty uses like machine learning and AI assisted note taking.
- Aragon.ai
Headshot Generator - DALL-E This link opens in a new windowImage Generator. DALL-E is an AI model adept at generating images from textual descriptions. This tool excels in creating high-resolution, artistic, and often surreal images, catering to needs in art, design, and visual content generation.
- Hugging Face
Platform for machine learning and data. Hugging Face is a free, open-source platform for machine learning (ML) and data science. It's a community for building, training, and deploying ML models. - Leonardo.Ai
Visual media generator. Leonardo.ai is an AI-powered platform that uses machine learning to create images, videos, and other visual assets - Notion
Note taking tool. Notion AI is a collection of AI tools that help you write, organize, and summarize information in Notion - Runway
Video generator. Runway's tools include video editing, image editing, animation, and more
Research Tools
Looking for scholarly articles? These tools can assist you in finding scholarly articles and show how different sources are related to each other. However, you should still start with library databases and Google Scholar since their coverage is more comprehensive than the tools below.
- Consensus
Literature search tool. Consensus is a search engine that uses AI to find and summarize information from academic articles. It helps you see what researchers generally agree on regarding the questions you have (their ‘Consensus Meter”). You can get a summary of the top 5 to 10 results from a search. It also labels articles with descriptions of their research methods and highlights those that are either popular in citations or published in respected journals. The current source material used in Consensus comes from the Semantic Scholar database. Free with paid upgrade options. - Elicit This link opens in a new window
Literature search tool. Elicit is an AI-powered research tool that streamlines the process of finding, extracting, and synthesizing information from academic papers. It allows users to search for papers based on research questions, generate custom summaries, and explore concepts across multiple papers. It integrates publisher partnerships, data providers, and web crawls, facilitating a comprehensive search platform. Initiated in 2015 by the Allen Institute for AI, Elicit is a "free to start", open project aimed at enhancing research quality and accessibility. - ResearchRabbit This link opens in a new window
Lliterature mapping tool. Using a “seed” article, the platform finds relevant articles and content to link. Visualized by a bubble map of connected topics, this toolset can be invaluable for finding additional connections across a variety of disciplines as well as staying up to date with up and coming publications. This initiative is supported by a development collective, which has pledged to keep the core discovery functionalities open for all to use. Sign up required to access at researchrabbit.ai. Free to use. - Semantic Scholar This link opens in a new window
Literature search tool. Pulling from publisher partnerships, data providers, and web crawls, this AI-driven search and discovery toolset provides a streamlined search platform for over 200 million academic papers in the sciences. Developed within the Allen Institute for AI, this open project has been worked on since 2015 with the goal of supporting high-quality research. Free to use.