# AI

### Helpful jargon

- SOTA model - state of the art model; the most intelligent, advanced, up to date model available in the market (AI companies releases models regularly so you need to keep track) 
    - OpenAI GPT o3
    - OpenAI GPT 4.1 (4.5 is available but crazy expensive and only as research preview)
    - Claude Sonnet 3.7
    - Google Gemini 2.5 (Flash and Pro)
    - xAI Grok 3
- Open-source models - not for profit, available to download and run on your computer (needs powerful machine). They are usually 1 generation behind SOTA. 
    - DeepSeek R1
    - Meta Llama 4
    - Alibaba Qwen 3
- Multimodal - can take images as input
- Thinking model - able to, in multiple times, self-reflect and check response before responding to user. This reduces hallucination and increases accuracy. 
    - DeepSeek R1
    - Google Gemini 2.5 Pro (Flash is non-thinking)
    - OpenAI GPT o3
    - Claude Sonnet 3.7 has a "Thinking" mode
- Function-calling/Tool-calling/MCP - it's just another term for giving an AI model access to tools to expand it's capabilities and use (imagine Homo erectus with fire and other tools)

## Chat

1. [https://chatgpt.com/](https://chatgpt.com/) - free
2. [https://chat.deepseek.com/](https://chat.deepseek.com/) - free SOTA
3. [https://www.perplexity.ai/](https://www.perplexity.ai/)
4. [https://aistudio.google.com/](https://aistudio.google.com/) - free SOTA
5. [https://gemini.google.com/app](https://gemini.google.com/app)
6. [https://claude.ai/new](https://claude.ai/new)

## Deep Research

1. [https://chatgpt.com/](https://chatgpt.com/)
2. [https://www.perplexity.ai/](https://www.perplexity.ai/)
3. [https://websets.exa.ai/](https://websets.exa.ai/)
4. [https://gemini.google.com/app](https://gemini.google.com/app)
    1. Flash 2.0 is free
5. [https://claude.ai/new](https://claude.ai/new)

## Image generation

1. [https://sora.chatgpt.com/](https://sora.chatgpt.com/)
2. [https://aistudio.google.com/gen-media](https://aistudio.google.com/gen-media)

## Generic tools

1. [https://manus.im/](https://manus.im/)

## Design

1. [https://www.lovart.ai/home](https://www.lovart.ai/home)
2. [https://www.canva.com/ai](https://www.canva.com/ai)
3. [https://gamma.app/](https://gamma.app/)

## Prototyping

Take note that multi-modal SOTA models can take a mockup (low or high, doesn't matter) and output code.

1. [https://replit.com/~](https://replit.com/~)
2. [https://lovable.dev/](https://lovable.dev/)
3. [https://v0.dev/](https://v0.dev/)
4. [https://bolt.new/](https://bolt.new/)