AI Notes December 2023

Roundup of AI updates useful for designers.

The Usual AI Tools

• Google Bard: Google Bard
• Microsoft Bing: Use Edge browser
• Chat GPT: Custom GPTs now available. Introducing GPTs. Chat GPT can now see, hear, and speak.
• Google Gemini: New AI tool released by Google DeepMind. Google Gemini

Creative Tools

• Modyfi: New design tool to try. Modyfi
• Leonardo AI: New text-to-image tool similar to Midjourney. Leonardo AI
• Adobe Firefly: Adobe's generative AI toolset, including Firefly for video. Adobe Firefly
• Dalle 3: Text to images, now also very good with text. Dalle 3
• Bing Image Creator: Powered by Dalle 3
• Midjourney: Plans to release a web portal, eliminating the need for a Discord account soon
• Krea: Real-time image generation and upscaling. Krea
• RunwayML Motion Brush: Using an image as a reference and drawing an area that will move. RunwayML Motion Brush
• Pika Labs: New feature called "modify region" on Discord. Pika Labs
• Envato Elements AI Assistant: Envato Elements
• Unreal Engine Meta Human: Creating 3D characters (complex). Meta Human
• Animate Diff: Mapping animation onto existing video (complex). Animate Diff

Miscellaneous Tools

• Pinokio: Tool to install anything on your computer. Pinokio
• Face Fusion: Swapping faces in videos. Face Fusion