Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT and Beyond
Overview
This page links to AI software you may like to try. None of the software here is necessarily recommended to use; rather it is a non-exhaustive list of AI tools that you may find inspiring or provide you with an opportunity for your class or your work.
Check back for more tools as they become available.
AI Tools for Staff
Staff AI Tools
– Generate Quizzes from Videos:
- Useful for: Creating quick formative assessment quizzes from video content.
- Watch out for: Limited usage – 20 runs/month for Text Tools, 10 runs/month for Media Tools. Media input is capped at 5 minutes.
- Link: https://app.twee.com
ChatGPT – Generate Text from Prompts:
- Useful for: Data analysis, drafting text from notes, improving writing, and idea development.
- Watch out for: Potential hallucinations and privacy concerns. Requires login with phone number. GPT-4 access requires a paid subscription. Web access only via plugins.
- Link: https://openai.com/chatgpt
Copilot – Interrogate Web Pages & Search the Internet:
- Useful for: Summarising web pages and documents, searching for information.
- Watch out for: May summarize metadata instead of actual content. Results can be simplistic and rely heavily on web search.
- Link: https://www.bing.com/chat?q=Microsoft+Copilot&FORM=hpcodx
(Also available via the right-hand menu in Microsoft Edge)

Adobe Firefly – Generate Images:
- Useful for: Image generation and manipulation. Free with school account.
- Watch out for: May produce unexpected or inconsistent results.
- Link: https://firefly.adobe.com
Magic School – AI Tools for Educators:
- Useful for: Lesson planning, scaffolding, and a variety of educator-focused tools.
- Watch out for: Requires login.
- Link: https://www.magicschool.ai
– Create Educational Resources:
- Useful for: Generating texts at specified reading levels and differentiated tasks.
- Watch out for: Content aligned primarily with US standards.
- Link: https://web.diffit.me
Perplexity AI – Generate Text from Prompts:
- Useful for: Similar to ChatGPT, but free and does not require login.
- Watch out for: Hallucinations and privacy concerns. Students need guidance on effective prompting. Limited to 5 chats per hour.
- Link: https://www.perplexity.ai
AI Tools for Students
Student AI Tools
Perplexity AI – Generates Text from Prompts:
- About: AI-powered text generation similar to ChatGPT for brainstorming, drafting, and improving writing.
- Useful for… Simple data analysis, creating text from notes, improving written texts, and offering suggestions to refine ideas.
- Watch out for… Hallucinations and privacy concerns. Overall speed can be slow and responses overly verbose. Free usage limited to 5 chats per hour.
- Link: https://www.perplexity.ai
Adobe Firefly – Generate Images:
- About: AI-driven image generation and manipulation tool.
- Useful for… Creating and editing images, artworks, and visuals. Free access with a school account.
- Watch out for… Can produce unexpected or inconsistent visual output.
- Link: https://firefly.adobe.com
ChatGPT – Generate Text from Prompts:
- About: Conversational AI for idea generation, tutoring support, and writing enhancement.
- Useful for… Improving work, tutoring support, drafting, editing, and refining ideas.
- Watch out for… Potential hallucinations and data privacy issues. Requires login with phone number. GPT-4 access requires a paid subscription. Web browsing only via plugins.
- Link: https://openai.com/chatgpt
Copilot – Interrogate Web Pages & Search the Internet:
- About: AI assistant integrated with Edge and Bing for summarising web content and offering insights.
- Useful for… Summarising web pages to improve writing, acting as a learning tutor by providing context and info.
- Watch out for… Requires a personal account. Data may be tracked and used for commercial purposes. Summaries may reflect metadata rather than the full content.
- Link: https://www.bing.com/chat?q=Microsoft+Copilot&FORM=hpcodx
– Music Creation Tool:
- About: AI-powered tool for generating music tracks based on textual prompts.
- Useful for… Composing original music and soundscapes tailored to creative prompts.
- Watch out for… Requires a personal account. Free tier limited to 5 prompts per day.
- Link: https://suno.com/create
– Generates Text from Prompts:
- About: Anthropic’s conversational AI assistant named after Claude Shannon. Known for coherent dialogue, context awareness, writing, summarising, and coding support.
- Useful for… Collaborative writing, creative output generation, problem-solving, summarisation, conversational tutoring, and carrying project-specific context across sessions.
- Watch out for… Requires subscription for full access (e.g., Pro and Team plans with features like “Projects”); may not access real-time internet; potential hallucinations.
- Link: https://anthropic.com
– Conversational AI Assistant:
- About: Google’s AI for text, image/video generation, research, and audio summaries.
- Useful for… Q&A, drafting, research, creating/editing visuals, and advanced reasoning.
- Watch out for… Free plan is limited (5 prompts/day, 100 images/day). Paid tiers offer more features:
- Pro: $20/month, higher limits.
- Ultra: $250/month, advanced tools like Deep Think and Veo video.
- Link: Google Gemini Usage & Plans
Attribution
All content on this page reproduced with permission from Hillsborough Community College (hccfl.edu)