Top AI tools people actually use
How generative AI tools are changing the creative landscape
Total reading time around 4 minutes.
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🔮AI News this Week
What AI tools are people actually using?
Andreessen Horowitz published the 3rd edition of The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps, with lots of details and analysis of how people are using these tools on the web and mobile.
Here’s a look at the Top 50 Gen AI Web Products, by Unique Monthly Visits:
And the Top 50 Gen AI Mobile Apps:
The shift toward creative tools
Creative tools made up 52% of the top generative AI apps on the list. This seems to reflect a growing consumer demand for accessible creativity through AI with tools for image, music, speech, video, and editing.
Creative categories include:
Image: Civitai, Leonardo, Midjourney, Yodayo, Ideogram, SeaArt
Music: Suno, Udio, VocalRemover
Speech: ElevenLabs, Speechify
Video: Luma AI, Viggle, Invideo AI, Vidnoz, ClipChamp
Editing: Cutout Pro, Veed, Photoroom, Pixlr, PicWish
Why it matters:
Creative apps are gaining traction because they empower digital artists and content creators with AI-driven tools that simplify and enhance the creative process, making professional-level work more accessible than ever.
The rise of AI video and music generation
The rise of video and music generation tools is driven by increasing consumer demand for multimedia creation, especially on social platforms like TikTok and YouTube.
New entrants like Suno and InVideo AI are making it easier to create high-quality, AI-generated content in minutes - even for those with little experience.
Why it matters: This trend empowers creators to produce dynamic, engaging content at scale, reducing the barriers to entry for video and music production.
AI image generation takes a backseat
AI image generation has seen a slight decline in its share compared to previous reports, despite being a cornerstone of generative AI.
As the market becomes saturated with image generation tools, consumer interest appears to be shifting toward more dynamic and interactive content, such as video and music, which offer more engagement opportunities across social media platforms.
Why it matters: This trend might reflect evolving consumer preferences for richer multimedia experiences, as well as the maturation of image AI, where newer technologies are now driving innovation in other content forms.
ChatGPT & the competition (Perplexity & Claude)
Despite ChatGPT holding its top position on both web and mobile lists, it's facing increasing competition from Claude (#4) and Perplexity (#3), which are gaining popularity.
I personally use all three across web and mobile for content creation, as each offers unique strengths that complement my workflow.
Why It Matters: The rise of alternatives like Claude and Perplexity provides creators with more tailored AI tools, enhancing productivity through diverse capabilities.
Overall, the report seems to show that consumer attitudes towards generative AI is moving beyond its initial ‘novelty’ phase into practical tools for creativity and productivity. It’s a fascinating read and I encourage you to check it out here.
Which apps on the list are you using?
Reply or comment below, and let me know which tools and why! I’ll publish some of the responses in the next newsletter!
📸AI Snapshots
Krea added a FLUX model with many styles, image variations, and multiple aspect ratios, FREE for everyone.
Everyone can generate images on Midjourney’s website, and they brought back a limited FREE plan for users.
Microsoft released new Phi-3.5 multimodal AI models, available for developers to download and customize on Hugging Face.
Kling AI video launched a Global OpenAPI Portal, and new monthly and yearly subscription discounts.
Ideogram 2.0 is the brand’s newest text-to-image model - available to all users for free with several updates. They also launched the Ideogram iOS app, Ideogram API beta, and Ideogram Search.
🌠Midjourney sref resource
I launched a new digital product packed with examples for using Midjourney’s style reference codes (sref) to add amazing characteristics to your images.
Midjourney Style Reference Codes w/ Examples
33 - sref codes
396 Downloadable images
132 Prompts (including several I’ve never shared online)
I’m always experimenting with unusual prompts with different styles, and you can do the same.
Download images to blend, use as a style reference, or build a better prompt with Midjourney’s Describe feature, CLIP Interrogator, FLUX Prompt Generator, or another tool.
I appreciate your support and hope you find it useful :)
🛠️ This Week’s AI Tools
Tweethooks: Create viral hooks in seconds to grow your 𝕏 account. (link)
Gradio Spaces for Background Removal: Collection of Hugging Face Spaces for background removal by ysharma. (link)
FLUX LoRA the Explorer: Choose a Flux LoRA from the gallery and generate images in one place on Hugging Face. (link)
VocalRemover: I mentioned this above, and it is a free online app that separates voice from music to create an instrumental & acapella version. (link)
Quick demo of VocalRemover:
🎧IntelliVerse Podcast
This week, I’ll be speaking to the extremely creative Eric Solorio, aka Enigmatic_e and the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Blockade Labs, Adam B. Levine.
And you don’t want to miss my interview with Araminta K.!
It’s a great conversation and perspective about AI from someone with an extensive Art background.
IntelliVerse #4 | Artistry in the Age of AI w. Araminta K
🖼️ Image Prompts
Prompt: a painting of a quiet neighborhood with compact yards in the afternoon sun, in the style of colorful cubist, tonal landscapes, venetian scenes, large canvas sizes, vivid dreamscapes
Prompt: Storm chaser capturing a supercell thunderstorm
🎞️ Video Prompt
Prompt: Time-lapse of a vibrant city skyline transitioning from day to night. Dynamic cloud movement
Text-to-video on Luma AI Dream Machine (converted to a Gif):
Thanks for reading and have a creative week!
This list of top AI tools is so interesting! I totally agree that ChatGPT gets all the hype, but it's cool to see what else is out there. Speaking of creative tools, I recently discovered a fantastic video to LivePhoto tool that works right on my phone. It's so much fun to use and really brings my clips to life. Makes me wonder what other cool, lesser-known AI apps I'm missing out on! https://livephoto.video/
I'm surprised Claude is only 4th, I guess ChatGPT stole too much attention by being first.
I still don't know what Perplexity is for though.