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Top 6 AI Tool Directories in 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Oriol Zertuche - AI tools, Artificial Intelligence

The rapid growth of AI applications has led to the launch of various online directories that provide an extensive list of available AI tools. These websites make it easy, quick, and convenient for anyone to find AI-powered apps and stay updated on new releases.

Artificial Intelligence tools are everywhere these days. The rise of AI may have started with the likes of ChatGPT and Dall-E, but the internet is now filled with a wide range of AI-powered tools and applications. There’s no doubt that these AI tools are immensely useful in boosting your efficiency and productivity. Whether for work, creativity, or content generation, AI can simplify your life. But for so many tools, there are multiple AI tool directories.

You obviously can’t keep track of them all. The good thing is that you don’t have to because we’ve prepared a curated list for you.

Which are the Best AI Tool Directories?

A comprehensive directory makes it easy, quick, and convenient for anyone to find AI-powered apps and stay updated on new releases and weekly AI news. The rapid growth of AI applications has also led to the launch of popular AI tools directories that provide an extensive list of innovative AI tools like:

SEO Tools
SEO Writing Tools
Copywriting Tools
Marketing Tools
Productivity Tools
Content Repurposing Tools
Customer Support Tools

Using an extensive AI tools database, you can explore AI-powered solutions for tasks like video content creation, social media management, and software application development, to name a few.

Here are the top 6 AI tool directories you must explore:

1. Futurepedia

First on our list is one of the most amazing AI tool directories – Futurepedia. Its massive library of almost 4,000 tools and applications keeps growing as the list is updated daily.

For every app, Futurepedia provides detailed info, such as:

Whether it is free, paid, or freemium, along with the pricing
If there’s a mobile app available
An option to mark an app as ‘favorite’ to quickly access it later
Link to the app’s official website
Ratings, reviews, and the number of people who marked it as a favorite

All of this can be done without even leaving the home page!

There’s a search box right at the top of the home page. We love how you can search with not just keywords but by typing in the task and activity for which you need the help of AI. For example, if you need a tool to remove background noise from audio recordings, just write the same in the search box, and a list of relevant tools will be displayed!

It also keeps you in the loop about newly released tools and the latest events and activities in the AI industry. Above the search box, there are two options – “Tools Added Today” and “News Added Today”- self-explanatory.

It is an incredibly user-friendly and resourceful AI tools directory, offering one of the largest databases of AI-powered applications.

2. Insidr.ai

The fancy and futuristic design and interface of Insidr is probably the first thing that will catch your attention. This online directory has a wide range of 250+ AI tools. It includes the most popular and high-quality AI tools currently available.

Insidr also has an interesting blog section with plenty of guides and articles to use AI efficiently. Many of their posts cover trending topics, like how to use AI for marketing or start a profitable blog. So similar to Future Tools, this is also a platform that provides a list of AI tools and helps site visitors improve at using such tools.

3. Top Tools

Top Tools is another excellent online AI tools directory that’s really simple to use. It’s a single-page website with dynamic search and display functionality. Jump into the website and browse their seemingly endless list of AI apps, or use the search box to find something specific. You can search by either the name of the app or by entering relevant tags. For example, if you’re looking for AI tools to help you edit videos, you can type in ‘video editing,’ which will show you the best results.

You can also click the “Show Tags” button beside the search box to see all available tags and choose the one that best describes your requirements. Search results can be filtered by price, which is a neat feature when looking for free, paid, or freemium tools.

Apparently, the website doesn’t use cookies or store personal data, so it might be good news for people concerned about online privacy. And you can also subscribe to their newsletter if you want info about new AI tools and related news delivered straight to your inbox.

Overall, Toptools is a simple but efficient platform for finding all AI tools.

4. AI Scout

AI Scout is a remarkable online directory with many essential features, as discussed in the previous directories, plus a few unique and impressive functionalities. Its database contains 1404 tools at the time of writing.

Starting from the search feature, it’s similar to Futurepedia, which means you can type whatever you want to do, and it will show you AI tools that can help with it, like “write a blog post” or “help with my research paper.” Or you can check the full list of categories and pick a suitable option from there. Once the search results are displayed, one of the best things you’ll notice is their filter options. Results can be filtered by Pricing and Platform.

In the price filter, apart from the usual free/paid/freemium options, they’ve also added ‘Free Trial,’ ‘Contact for Pricing,’ and ‘Waitlist.’

Under the platform filter, there are 15 different options such as Web, Mobile, API, ChatGPT plugins, bots for other apps like Whatsapp and Telegram, etc. This really lets you refine your search and find specific tools that perfectly fit your requirements.

However, the one unique feature we really enjoyed, and we’re certain that you will too, is the ‘Find AI with AI’ feature. AI Scout has an AI chatbot integrated into their website that helps you find AI tools. You can chat with it and explain what you’re looking for, just like with a human, and it will guide you through discovering the perfect tool. It’s like having a human librarian to help you in a huge library of AI tools!

Although the number of apps listed on AI Scout is nowhere near Futurepedia, it’s still one of the best online directories with amazing features that make it easier to find that one tool you need among thousands of options.

5. Future Tools

Future Tools is also quite a popular and comprehensive online directory that currently lists more than 1,800 AI tools. These tools are divided into 30 different categories, and you can also search for specific tools with keywords of your choice. For example, if you were to type SEO in the search box, it would automatically list the tools that have anything to do with search engine optimization.

The other cool thing about Future Tools is that it publishes AI news to keep people updated on industry trends. There’s a learner’s section where you can find articles and instructions on how to use different AI tools efficiently.

6. There’s an AI for That

There’s An AI For That is the final entry on our list, and it’s got some pretty interesting features. The AI library is massive, with 5,642 tools at the time of this writing. Another unique aspect of this website is that the tools are listed in chronological order of their release date, from 2015 to the present date.

It’s just really interesting to realize that AI tools have been around since 2015 and to simply explore some of the oldest tools and applications. But even when you’re looking for something new or specific, various search and filter options help you find the perfect tool from their huge collection.

There are AI Tool Directories For Everything

It seems like there’s an AI tool for just about anything these days. It’s no longer just chatbots and image generators.

AI can help create video generators, voice generators, art generators, song generators, avatar generators, animations, presentations, social media posts, product descriptions, and much more.

There is an array of tools that can help with research, serve as a virtual business assistant, or provide valuable insights, depending on the range of features. Even though there are countless AI apps for business owners on the internet, these amazing online directories have made it easier to discover the best tools for all your needs.

No matter what kind of app you’re searching for, you won’t need to look further beyond the top 3 online AI tool directories listed in this post.

Read More: How Can I use AI in my Business

Cody Terminologies 101

Posted on June 16, 2023 by Om Kamath - Artificial Intelligence

A beginner’s guide to understanding Cody Terminologies in a simplified manner.

Before you get started with building your own GPT-based bot for your business using Cody, it is essential that you understand the core terminologies so that the flexibility our bot-builder offers does not intimidate you. You do not need to be an AI expert or have prior knowledge in this domain to understand these terminologies, as they will be explained in the most simplified way. Think of this as a beginner’s guide or ‘Cody For Dummies‘.

This blog will not cover setting up Cody or importing data into Cody since we have already posted a few blogs that will help you with the setup. In the upcoming blogs, we will delve deeper into those subjects. Without any further ado, let’s understand the different terminologies you will come across while building your bot.

Personality

Cody offers two ways to define your bot’s personality: Template Mode and Advanced Mode. The personality of your bot establishes the context and behaviour of your bot to ensure it generates helpful responses that align with your expectations and prevent any unforeseen hallucinations.

❓Hallucination refers to the phenomenon where a language model generates responses that may be imaginative, speculative, or not grounded in factual information.

Template Mode

This mode is useful for those businesses who want a plug-and-play solution to building a bot. Our developers have created bot templates catering to different business domains such as Support, Training, HR and Marketing.

Select any domain from the following and Cody will handle the rest. For added flexibility, Cody also provides settings that can be used to customize the personality to some extent.

For eg. If you choose to go ahead with IT Support as your bot personality, you can change your bot’s nickname, and decide how it will be handling unanswerable queries (a default case) and the languages you need the bot to converse in.

This mode is still under development and will be soon getting updated to be able to cater to multiple other business domains with a host of customization features.

Need more flexibility? Don’t worry, we have got you covered with our Advanced Mode.

Advanced Mode

The Advanced Bot Builder gives you the freedom to customize multiple parameters and lets you build the perfect bot that suits your use case. Currently, you can customize the following parameters:

Prompt
Relevance Score
Token Distribution
Persistent Prompt
Reverse Vector Search

Prompt

The prompt will define the personality of your bot. To simplify the prompting process, consider the bot as an employee at your business. Although there is no specific structure for writing a personality prompt, we have prepared a list of parameters for your reference.

Parameter	Example
AI’s Nickname	“You are Cody.”
Job Profile	“You work as an IT Support Engineer at my company.”
Tone	“Maintain a professional and friendly demeanour throughout all interactions, ensuring that users feel comfortable and supported.”
Domain	“Technology, Support, Technology Consultant”
Expertise Level	“Remember to convey a sense of expertise and confidence in your responses.”
Ethical Guidelines	“Do not make up your own responses or use data which does not exist in the training data. Refrain from mentioning ‘unstructured knowledge base’ or file names during the conversation.”
Additional Services (optional)	“Try to promote sales of XYZ wherever possible.”
Default Case (For unanswerable queries)	“In instances where a definitive answer is unavailable, acknowledge your inability to answer and inform the user that you cannot respond.”

A sample prompt:

“You are the waiter at a pizza joint. Maintain a professional and friendly demeanor throughout all interactions, ensuring that users feel comfortable and supported. Remember to convey a sense of expertise and confidence in your responses. Additionally, I encourage you to actively promote our premium pizzas whenever appropriate. Do not refer to any menu sources other than the ones provided in the knowledge base. While recommending pizzas, state their prices and any offers that are applicable for them, too.”

Relevance Score

The Relevance Score reflects the degree of similarity between the user’s query and Cody’s response. Using semantic search, Cody compares the user’s query with the data present in the knowledge base. A higher relevance score will result in a precise answer but will compromise on understanding the overall context of the query and vice versa. In simple words, the relevance score is the degree to which the AI fears making mistakes and taking risks while responding.

Token Distribution

The token is the computational currency for large language models like the GPT family. The query (input statement) asked by the user is broken down into blocks of characters known as ‘tokens’. As AI models are really resource-intensive, in order to address the computational constraints and memory limitations, these models have a certain limit to the input data that can be processed and generated. This limit is the ‘context window’.

Cody uses the GPT family of models and the number of tokens available are limited. The token distribution feature helps in micro-managing the usage of tokens for different purposes.

They are mainly divided into Context, History and Response Generation.

Context: The tokens required for understanding the user query and knowledge base context.
History: The tokens required for adding context to the user query using the chat history.
Response Generation: The tokens required for assessing the coherence, grammar, and semantic validity of the generated text.

For the highest accuracy is important that the context makes up a large portion of the Token Distribution.

Persistent Prompt

By continuously reinforcing the prompt (personality of the bot), you create a form of conversational context and constraint that keeps the AI on track and helps maintain compliance with the desired outcomes. It acts as a reminder for the AI to stay within the predefined boundaries and provide responses that are relevant, accurate, and aligned with your goals.

Reverse Vector Search

Reverse Vector Search is a feature specifically designed for businesses that utilize Cody for employee training purposes. It seamlessly integrates previously generated AI responses with user queries, creating a comprehensive contextual understanding that enhances the quality and relevance of subsequent responses. It is especially valuable when using Cody for step-by-step guides and instructional purposes.

To Wrap It Up

When you have a good grasp of these terminologies, you’ll be able to refine your bot’s responses and make them even more personalized. Stay tuned for upcoming blogs offering further guidance, updates, and additional information to unleash your Cody AI bot’s full potential. For more resources, you can also check out our Help Center and join our Discord community.

Gearing Up for Q2: How AI-Powered Knowledge Bases Impact Business Growth

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Oriol Zertuche - Artificial Intelligence, Business

How to achieve business growth in Q3 with AI technology

The rapid development of AI technology has led us beyond gimmicks and hype and into the realm of practical, real-world applications for business. It’s now saving companies untold fortunes in time and resources. If you’ve yet to start extracting value from it, there’s no better time than the present, especially with the new iteration of AI-powered chatbot tools for business.

An AI-powered technology boost

Global markets remain shaky and the word “recession” has been popping up more frequently as we move toward the second half of 2023. But businesses looking to cut costs and maintain a competitive edge in Q3 have a powerful ally in their corner to help them through whatever comes.

This has already proven to be a transformative year in terms of AI development and adoption, thanks to Open AI. Now businesses are increasingly harnessing the power of a chatbot business tool that uses the same API as ChatGPT but allows users to upload their own knowledge base, define its function and calibrate it accordingly, then embed it wherever it’s needed.

Because it can be trained on large datasets that you provide, Cody AI can enhance your customer service capabilities, support your HR department, facilitate staff training, assist your sales and marketing teams, and enhance overall efficiency in your business. Cody becomes an expert on whatever subject you wish – from employee benefits to company policy, product offering to transactional data, you tell it what it needs to know. You can then choose if you want factual responses or something a bit more creative, and long and detailed or short and to the point. Use natural language to ask any question and Cody will scan the knowledge base you’ve provided and give you a neatly articulated answer in seconds.

Putting information at your (or your customers’) fingertips in this way unlocks value across departments and can enable growth even if market conditions aren’t exactly optimal. Consider how your business could benefit from support in the following ways.

Customer service

With a product expert available on your website 24/7 to answer customer queries and educate prospects, you won’t need to place that burden on staff while customers get accurate answers in seconds. The increased customer satisfaction that results will lead to more conversions and, ultimately, more revenue.

HR assistance

By training Cody on internal company data, you gain a tool to support the HR team and free up resources by automating responses to simple queries and routine requests such as leave applications. It can also help with recruiting by sorting through resumes to narrow the field to the most suitable candidates.

Staff training

There’s no need for face-to-face training with Cody AI, which can function as a personalized tutor for staff once equipped with the relevant training material. The resources and facilities required for training can be used elsewhere while staff learn when and where it suits them.

Onboarding

Hired someone new? Let Cody take them through procedures and policies and provide all the information they need to get started in an interactive, one-on-one format personalized for their role.

Content creation

Give your marketing team a boost by training Cody on marketing material and customer data and having it pitch ideas during brainstorming sessions or accelerate content creation with data-optimized suggestions that closely align with your brand.

Technical assistance

Got a technical product offering or internal system? Uploading a dataset of manuals will give Cody the ability to troubleshoot problems in real-time, helping customers to quickly get unstuck without having to go through a call centre, and freeing up IT resources when it comes to internal issues.

A versatile AI business tool

Cody AI has more real-world applications to discover, from providing marketing insights like trends analysis to internal process optimization. All help in some way to reduce the burden on company resources, enhance efficiency, or drive sales. GDP growth in the global economy may slow in the third quarter, but the AI chatbot market continues to blossom as adoption rates soar – proof that more businesses are waking up to the value they bring. You don’t want to be left behind in the age of AI. For a practical, versatile and user-friendly AI-powered knowledge base to help nurture growth in your business, look no further than Cody AI.