Artificial Intelligence in Academia
Warning
Research and development in the field of AI is very rapid, and all sectors of society are affected, with academia and research being no exception. Here we present some free* tools that seem interesting or promising for research or work.
Nevertheless, we feel it is important to mention that all these tools are still being developed, tested “in real time” by all users, and are constantly evolving.
Consequently, they should not be your primary and only research tools.
The methods to find articles proposed and taught by your librarians, such as the classical search method, are still preferrable, especially for producing literature reviews.
* or which offer at least a free version. However, they may require you to create an account.
Tools for Academic Use
Information search with sources:
• Perplexity AI: "AI-powered research and conversational search engine that answers queries using natural language predictive text." (Wikipedia)
Scientific literature search:
• Semantic Scholar: "A free, AI-based search tool for scientific literature. We index over 200 million academic papers sourced from publisher partnerships, data providers, and web crawls", 200M+ papers.
• Consensus (based on Semantic Scholar database): "AI search engine for research".
• Elicit (based on Semantic Scholar database). Free Basic version.
• Undermind (based on Semantic Scholar database): "Our AI assistant carefully reads hundreds of academic papers for you, finding exactly what you need, no matter how complex." Accès : ressource partiellement gratuite. Nombre de requête limité. Inscription requise.
• LitSense (based on PubMed and PubMed Central): "Search for sentences in more than 30 million biomedical publications. Given a query, LitSense finds the best-matching sentences based on overlapping terms as well as semantic similarity via a cutting-edge neural embedding approach."
• OpenRead: 300 million papers.
Literature mapping, based on citation data:
See this article that compares three tools for Literature mapping (non exhaustif).
• ResearchRabbit
• Litmaps
• Inciteful
• Connected Papers (based on Semantic Scholar)
• Open Knowledge Maps
Systematic reviews:
• Rayyan
Content analysis:
Tools for interacting with the textual content of PDF documents (summarize, answer questions, explain passages, etc.).
• Docalysis
• Humata
• ChatPDF
• Explainpaper
Translation:
• DeepL
• Google Translate
Spreadsheet add-on:
• Numerous.ai: Use ChatGPT with Google Sheets and Excel.
Miscellaneous:
• Petal: Reference manager with additional functions such as translation, identification of key points, etc.
• Core-GPT: « Combiner la recherche en libre accès et les grands modèles de langage pour répondre à des questions crédibles et dignes de confiance ».
• Lateral: "Seamlessly search, save and organise findings across your papers".
• scite_: données quantitatives et qualitatives sur les citations entre articles.
• SciSpace: Helps you understand and reformulate academic content in simple terms.
• Litero: "AI co-writer that helps students research, write, paraphrase and cite".
• Scholarcy: "Summarize, analyze and organize your research".
• Keenious: "Find research relevant to any text" and PDF.
Generative AI for Audio
• Otter.ai: "Get transcripts, automated summaries, action items, and chat with Otter to get answers from your meetings."
• Parrot AI: "Parrot AI is not just a powerful meeting recorder, transcription and note-taking tool. It is a secure, AI-based collaborative workspace that knows the full context of your business, and enables you to get maximum value from your meetings."
Tools for Teaching and Learning
Writing assistants:
• Quilbot: paraphraser, translator, summarizer and grammar checker.
• Grammarly: "AI writing partner".
Help in understanding content:
• CasperAI: "Chrome extension that helps you summarize, understand, and share the learnings of any written content on the web".
• QuestionWell: Generates learning questions based on submitted texts and content.
Slideshow or video presentation:
• ClassPoint: "Engage participants seamlessly with interactive quizzes, gamification, and more - all within PowerPoint".
• PowerPoint Speaker Coach (Microsoft): Helps you rehearse a presentation, with comments on "pacing, inclusive language, filler words, and whether you're reading the slide text".
• SlidesAI (only compatible with Google Slides): "Create Presentation Slides with AI in seconds".
Miscellaneous:
• AI Bookstore: "Find the book you want to read [on a given topic] with the help of AI".
• Magic School: Helps generate educational content (lesson plans, assessments, etc.).
• Oasis: Converts speech into text and rewrites the text according to customized formats and styles.
Generative AI for Coding
• Blackbox AI: Coding assistance.
• Code Llama: "State-of-the-art large language model for coding".
• GitHub Copilot: "AI coding assistant that helps you write code faster and with less effort, allowing you to focus more energy on problem solving and collaboration".
• Hugging Face: "The platform where the machine learning community collaborates on models, datasets, and applications".
• Phind: "An intelligent answer engine for developers. Focused on helping you solve challenging problems, Phind uses generative AI to get you from an idea to a working product."
• Replit: "AI-powered software development & deployment platform for building, sharing, and shipping software fast."
Generative AI for Images
• Midjourney
• Image Creator (Microsoft)
• Adobe Firefly
• Leonardo.AI
• DreamStudio.ai
