ChatGPT

ChatGPT is an AI-supported chatbot from OpenAI. The generative AI understands and reacts to natural language input (prompts) and can be used for various aspects, such as suggestions (content, structures, methods), text editing, text analysis or programming. In the free version, the use of models such as GPT 4 or additional functions such as image generation and online search or costum GPTs is severely limited. Unlimited use of all functions and models requires a paid subscription.

HuggingChat

HuggingChat is a chat interface from Hugging Face. The chat is free of charges and can be used with various open source language models. User-created chatbots and tools are also available.

Gemini

Gemini is an AI-supported chatbot from Google. The generative AI understands and reacts to natural language input (prompts) and can be used for various aspects, such as suggestions (content, structures, methods), text editing, text analysis or programming. Free use requires registration with a Google account. A paid subscription (Gemini Advanced) enables the use of the AI model 1.5 Pro.

Le Chat

Le Chat is an AI-supported chatbot from Mistral AI. The generative AI understands and reacts to natural language input (prompts) and can be used for various aspects, such as suggestions (content, structures, methods), text editing or text analysis. Le Chat is currently in the beta phase, can be used free of charge and offers access to four Mistral models.

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ChatPDF

AI-supported chatbot that enables interaction with uploaded texts (file format: PDF). The chatbot responds refering to the uploaded text and references those text passages it uses for its response. However, the chatbot can also enrich its answers with information that is not contained in the text. Marked text passages can be summarised, explained and rewritten.

Note: Copyright and the associated rights of use must be observed when uploading files.

humata

AI-supported chatbot that enables interaction with uploaded files (PDF, doc, docx, ppt, pptx). The chatbot responds with reference to the text and highlights sections of text from which the answer was derived. The chatbot can enrich its answers with information that is not contained in the text.

Note: Copyright and the associated rights of use must be observed when uploading files.

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DeepL Write

Writing assistant that offers a spelling and grammar checker as well as AI-supported revision of English and German texts in various writing styles (including academic and technical). Use of the free version is limited.

Grammarly

Writing assistant (language: English) from Grammarly Inc., which offers a grammar and spell checker as well as AI-supported revision of texts according to the author's tonality. The free version is limited in use. Unlimited use requires a paid subscription.

LanguageTool

Writing assistant which, in addition to a spelling and grammar checker, also enables AI-supported revision of individual sentences in over 30 languages or entire texts in six languages. Use of the free version is severely restricted.

Mimir Mentor

Assistance platform (languages: English, German) from Mimir Mentor UG for literature research and management as well as for the AI-supported creation and correction of scientific texts. Use of the free version is limited. Unlimited use of all functions requires a paid subscription.

jenni

Assistance platform (language: English) from Altum Inc. for AI-supported creation of scientific texts and for literature management. Includes its own AI chat. In the free version, use is severely limited. Unlimited use of all functions requires a paid subscription.

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Visualized literature research

Connected Papers

AI-supported discovery system for scientific publications. Depending on the chosen aspect (Similar Works, References, Citations, Authors, etc.), the relationships of one selected publication to other publications are visualised using graphs. Productive use requires a paid subscription.

Litmaps

AI-supported discovery system for scientific publications. Starting from a selected publication, similar thematic articles are visualised as a network using graphs, whereby different graphs can be combined with each other. Productive use requires a paid subscription.

open knowledge maps

AI-supported discovery system for scientific publications in the PubMed and BASE databases. Based on search terms, up to 100 relevant publications are visualised. Thematically similar publications are clustered.

ResearchRabbit

AI-supported discovery system for scientific publications. Starting from a selected publication, similar thematic articles are visualised as a network using graphs. Productive use requires a paid subscription.

Literature research

consensus

AI-supported discovery system for scientific publications (data source: Semantic Scholar). Based on a question, relevant publications are analysed and used to answer the question. The 'Pro Analysis' feature enables prompt-supported interactions that go beyond research. Use of the free version is limited. Unlimited use of all functions requires a paid subscription.

Elicit

AI-supported discovery system for scientific publications (data source: Semantic Scholar). Based on a question, relevant publications are evaluated and summarised for the answer. Offers, among other things, the possibility to interact with individual or multiple texts via a chatbot and to identify publications based on concepts. Use is limited in the free version. Unlimited use of all functions requires a paid subscription.

ORKG Ask

AI-supported discovery system for scientific publications. Based on a question, relevant publications (data source: CORE dataset, 80 million open access articles) are analysed and an answer is generated on the basis of five selected papers. ORKG Ask is being developed here at the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB).

Perplexity

AI-supported search engine that processes natural language queries and accesses web sources to generate the output. If the "Academic" focus is selected, scientific publications are used to answer the query. Most of these publications come from the Semantic Scholar database. Use is limited in the free version. Unlimited use of all functions and language models requires a paid subscription.

SciSpace

AI-supported discovery system for scientific publications. Also offers the option of interacting with individual texts via an AI chatbot. Other tools can be used to paraphrase sections of text or to create references in various citation styles. An AI-supported writing tool with citation function is also available for text work. Unlimited use of all functions requires a paid subscription.

Scopus AI (lizenziert)

AI-supported research tool, integrated into the specialist database Scopus. Based on a question, relevant publications are analysed and used to answer the question. In addition, three 'topic experts' are listed, in-depth follow-up questions are suggested and topics linked to the query are identified and analysed.

Semantic Scholar

Discovery system for scientific publications. Offers, among other things, an AI-supported research feed: Based on selected publications, further thematically relevant publications are automatically and continuously suggested. The comprehensive index (approx. 223 million data records) is used as a data source by many AI-supported research tools (e.g. Elicit, Consensus, SciSpace).

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