23 AI Tools You Won't Believe are Free

For the last eight months, I've been experimenting with as many AI tools as possible every day

It's for this channel, but you could also call it an obsession. I've taken my whole list of tools

and narrowed it down to the best free option for every use case. And I mean, actually free

Let's start with a couple that are just really fun, then we'll get into the more practical. With LumaLabs, you're able to take a video on your phone and turn it into a fully interactive

highly detailed 3D scene. Like this. that uses neural radiance fields or nerfs. They also released a new feature called interactive

scenes that uses goshen splatter, and you don't have to know either of those terms. The interactive

scenes have a small file size so you can embed them anywhere or send it to a friend for them to

explore. There's endless uses for this in retail, real estate, travel. We'll start seeing these

across tons of industries, but also for creative uses, as well as my favorite, reliving old memories

Just download the free app on your phone. There's uploads from other users you can check out for inspiration

I love the way these look when they load. Then you just move your finger around on the screen to navigate

To create your own, either start a new capture and follow the steps on the screen

or you can take a normal video outside the app. Just walk around a scene or if you're doing an object

you'll get the best results if you do multiple circles around it, each from different heights

Just upload and let it render. Once it's finished, you can navigate around the scene right on your phone, or you can go to the web version on your computer

You can create custom videos using keyframes. You can guide the camera movement throughout the scene in any direction at any angle

Here's a really cool one I saw on Twitter from Ruben Froh using Unity

So you can import these into game engines if you want. There's a lot of different export formats

One of the ideas I'm working on is using Google Earth Studio. It's another free tool you can pick anywhere on Earth and it will zoom in or zoom between locations

They have presets to do it really quickly or an area where you can fine-tune exactly how fast it moves and the angles it takes

It's really fun to play around with and easy to jump in and use. There's a lot of tutorials on YouTube if you want more complex camera movements

This seems like a good spot to test out on there. That was my first test combining those tools

I don't have the process dialed in yet, but I think it has some potential. Either way, these are both really fun tools to mess around with each on their own

Luma Labs has one more recent release called Genie. It's a text-to-3D model that's free right now during the research phase

It's operated in the Luma Discord server in any of these Genie channels using the Genie command

Just add your prompt and it generates incredibly fast and is by far the best version of text-to-3D I've come across, in terms of quality and time

There's people rigging entire scenes with this that look amazing. I don't know how long this will be free, but here's a few more examples

I'll go into a lot more creative stuff for music, images, video, and 3D, but I'm also

very into productivity and learning tools, so let's switch to that for a few. One of my favorites that I use all the time is Perplexity

It's a fine-tuned ChatGPT. Basically an interactive search assistant that you can ask anything

It uses up-to-date information and browses the web across multiple sources and comes back with concise answers almost instantly

It shows you what sources it used and you can click through to the article for further reading

It starts responding immediately and sometimes will cite like 10 sources all in one response if needed

And if you're using the desktop version, it can pull up images too. You can also upload PDFs and ask questions about them

I use the mobile app most and find myself using it over Google most of the time for question-based

searches. There is a pro version, but the free version is huge. I've never felt any need to

upgrade from the free plan. And I'm only talking about tools that have really robust free plans

like this. I want to mention when they have paid upgrades available, mainly to give you the full

picture of how much comes in the free plan. That way you won't waste your time experimenting with

something only to find out you have to pay to do what you actually wanted it for. Syspace is the

easiest way to find, learn, and understand any research paper. So similar to Perplexity, but this

only cites research papers, not websites or the overall internet. So it's geared towards people

that are students or researchers, but it's great for anyone that has questions in the realm of

science that wants research-backed answers. So ask any question and it will give you insight from the

top five papers up at the top. With citations, you can click through to read the paper and then more

relevant papers below. You can also chat with the copilot about the answers you received

Another cool feature is you can upload a PDF of any paper and get a summary and ask questions

related to the paper. You could also add the Chrome extension to use all those features while

you're browsing. If you're reading a paper online, you can ask it to simplify complex language

ask clarifying questions, clip math equations or tables to find out what they mean. It's a really

powerful research tool to get answers in real time. All of that is completely free. They do

have some additional features for writing that are paid. Here's one more in this realm similar

to perplexity, but built right into Google. It's their new search generative experience

which also just got the ability for text to image. This is an experimental feature you can

turn on to use AI in search. It pops up on the top of your search and gives a concise summary

of some answers with sources on the side. You can expand it to read more and ask follow-up

questions. It can be really helpful in a lot of situations, so I have it turned on all the time

To set it up, go to labs.google.com. Click get started, then switch it on. There's some

Additional options here for coding and adding AI to sheets, and you can get back to turn the AI on and off at any time with the beaker in the top right

They also very recently added in the ability to generate images. You just type in the search bar what you want it to generate

From there, you can click ask a follow-up, and then you'll have a nice space to generate in. You can add follow-up prompts to change things until you have something you like

I actually liked this one with the guitar. Click export and download, or hit edit to go into a new workspace

There's a button to have it help you write a better prompt. Let's give that a try. And sometimes it ends up not generating all the images

I think it's just censoring itself. But this one is solid. There's more text image generators that do a better job at various things

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Now let's move on to some music tools. This next one is really fun and can get kind of ridiculous

It's called Zuno and it can generate you a song with instruments and vocals just from

writing a topic. It's operated within Discord so I'll have the link to the Discord server below with all

the other links. Go to one of the Chirp Beta channels, use the chirp command, and either submit your own

lyrics or write a topic and have ChatGPT write the lyrics for you. Let's do the greatest movie of all time, The Big Lebowski

Then you can type a genre, if you leave it as random it will choose based off the lyrics

Bluegrass seems like a good fit. And that's all there is to it. The verse and chorus will come back right away

Nailed it. Then usually just another minute or so, and it will come back with two different options up to 40 seconds long each

Let's give it a listen. In a world of bowling balls and wheat

there's a man they call the dude and beef. His robe and his wife rushing in hand

living life in his own laid-back land. He's a big Lebowski, that's his name

That's pretty solid, especially considering all I entered was a few words. And there is an option to continue it if you want

Another fun one is to use lyrics from a popular song and see how it interprets it

I'll try Purple Haze with a random genre. Purple Haze all in my brain

Lately, things just don't seem the same And that's actually insane how good that is

I'm going to continue that for a future project. I originally scripted this section when it was 100% free and unlimited

but they have changed that. Now you get five chirps per day under the free plan. They do have

a paid option if you want, but this is mostly just a quick tool I use for fun. So the free plan has

been plenty. The next one is in the same realm, but completely free and open source. It was

released by Meta. It's called Music Gen. It generates music under tons of different genres

really well, but this time no vocals. There's a couple of ways to use it. I'll show the easiest

one first. Someone built a better interface called Waveformer. You just enter a prompt with whatever

you want your music to sound like, genre, instruments, tempo, feel, and click submit and

let it generate. It takes a minute or two, then usually comes back with a great sounding song

There is another feature where you can give it an input melody to follow, but they didn't

add that into waveformer, so if you want to use that, you need to go to the space on hugging face

Upload a file that has a melody in it. I'll use the outdated reference of the X-Files theme

So you describe the music you want, then it will use the description and the melody to

create a song. see what we got

When I think of the implications of that combined with Suno and some of the other technologies

that are coming out and advancing rapidly, I won't be surprised at all if people start

listening to music that's fully generated by AI soon. This last music one is a really cool suite of tools developed by Google in collaboration

with Lupe Fiasco. They help with lyric writing, but in a collaborative way where the artist is really involved in

the process. They're all free and really easy to jump in and mess around with. I like this a lot

Here's a clip from their promo video. This bite-sized AI tool that can take in any word as input exploded into all these different

possibilities in the same way that Lupe does. And that's just one tool

We built nine others as well. called text effects. These tools, they generate similes, they create acronyms, they parse words

It's an entire suite of different kind of possibilities dealing with text and language

Now onto the more visual side. Probably the easiest way to animate an image is with Leapix

Go to convert.leapix.com, click upload, and easy as that, you have an immersive depth animation

There's sliders to change how long the animation cycle is and the way it animates. Also an advanced

editor where you can get more customizable. Then just select your export format. It's super easy

but I love the way these look You get 60 credits when you join but to export in full resolution costs 20 credits So it really only three uses

I have no idea why they call that 60 credits, but I included it because you get unlimited

free exports in 720p, which is still pretty high quality. Also, you can export unlimited depth maps for free, which we will use in our next tool

Insta 3D. This is by Illumin AI. It's kind of like Leapix, but makes it even more immersive

This is the home screen. There's some samples you can test out at the bottom

A bunch of these look really cool and gives you a good idea of what works well in here. Then right here, you can upload your own image

Once you've done that, you need to upload a depth map. So back to Leapix, upload your photo, then export depth map

Now upload that in Insta3D and it's good to go. You can move all around the scene

They have some different effects down at the bottom to mess around with. Some types of images work really well for this

and any of them start to get a little wonky when you go far into them, but it is really amazing that you can generate this so easily from a 2D image

This one is research from Meta. It's fun and really easy to use

It's designed to animate children's drawings, but you can upload any character you want. It just needs to be on a white background with each limb separate and visible

Click upload photo, agree, then adjust the frame here if it doesn't capture the full character

On the next page, you can fix the mask if there's any issues. then find each of the joints, then let it do its thing. And there it is. We have a bunch of

different animations to choose from. Again, it's made to animate children's drawings. So a lot of

the animations are pretty silly, but it's fun to mess around with. You could key out the background

and let it play over another image. Also, it looks completely ridiculous if you upload a real person

On to Pika Labs, which is amazing and absolutely incredible that it's still 100% free. I'm sure at

some point they're going to move to a paid model, but it's been free for months and still is

currently. It's all within Discord as well. You can operate it in their generate channels or to

generate in private, come up to the PikaBot, click this member list button if you don't see it

then right click the bot and hit message. Now you'll be able to DM the bot anytime you want

to generate. Use the create command and for text to video, just type your prompt

There is a parameter for frame rate if you want, dash FPS, and a number between 8 and 24

And aspect ratio is dash AR. That looks great, but I hardly ever use text to video. Image to video is where it gets really powerful

I'll use the create command again, then type what I want to happen in the image. I'll use the capybara playing guitar I generated with Google SGE

And another parameter is camera movement, like zoom in, pan, or rotate. It's dash camera, then I'll try zoom in

Click the plus one to add the image, then hit enter. That looks awesome

So you can dial in really solid images first, then use Pika to animate them, and the possibilities

are endless. CapCut has a whole suite of AI tools that are in beta under the Magic Tools tab

There's a bunch of different tools here, many of which can be found on other platforms

but the one I want to highlight is this video upscaler. You can upscale videos by 2x, which is perfect for videos from Pika

Those are at 720p, and this will convert them to 1080p. I started using this recently and haven't seen any mention of a limit to the free uses

on this or any of the other tools. So currently, this is the best free video upscaler I've been able to find

Those are some great video tools, but a lot of the time you need to start with an image. And before we jump into the image generators, something that's useful for any images you

may have, AI or otherwise, is upscaling and restoration. Most of the upscalers I come across have limited uses, but there's two that are completely

free and unlimited. Replicate has a full suite of image restoration and upscalers. Upscaling is under super resolution

You'll find a bunch of models for different needs. Some can 4x the resolutions, some will

de-noise and smooth it out, others will add some detail. Pick one for your needs and run it

The other option I use in Replicate is image restoration. There's a ton of cool ones in here

for touching up old photos, colorizing black and white photos, night enhancement, or what I find

the most mind-blowing deblurring. Replicate is great for quick web-based upscaling, but if you

want something you can run on your own computer that has the option to batch upscale, upscale

spelled with a Y dot org, is the way to go. It's free, open-source software you can download

but it has multiple options to choose from for different types of upscaling. Most of the time

I like this real SGRAN 4X. You can even upscale it to 16X if you want. I also like the digital

art model for some cartoons or vector art styles. That smooths it out a bit. If you regularly need

to upscale images, then I highly recommend this. And a lot of images that come out of these AI art

generators do need upscaling. Now for the coolest name on the list, Illusion Diffusion. There's a

ton of awesome ways to use this. It was originally trained to make these really cool QR codes you

may have seen. Then Mr. Oogle figured out this workflow for these spirals and other illusions

I love these. It reminds me of these by Octavio Ocampo. So yeah, I love this style. It's a ton of

fun and you can do it all for free. They have some examples to use down here. I like the spiral a lot

Illusion strength is how much the spiral will impact the image. Between 0.8 and 1.2 is a good

starting point. It depends on what you're going for and can take some experimenting. Type in your

prompt, then click run. Timeframes will vary based on the time of day. It's usually around 30 seconds

or less for me, but it can be much longer during peak hours. That looks awesome

The illusion strength has the biggest impact on how this turns out, that's the main option

I usually adjust when I'm fine tuning these. There are also some advanced options you can mess around with to adjust it further

Here's that same prompt run, but only changing the illusion strength. Instead of using their images, you can upload your own and the possibilities are endless

A couple common ones are text, other cool patterns, logos, and faces

And a lot of these you have to shrink down or squint to see the illusion. So keep that in mind as you're fine tuning them

Someone who went all out with this is Hirolius on Reddit. They spent 14 hours doing this for every frame of never going to give you up

You pause at any point and it a normal landscape then hit play and get Rickrolled There so much that can be done An easier one is to create a brand promo video using a logo I do the YouTube logo then add a prompt

and that comes back looking great. I did that with a bunch of different prompts and boom

Now for the text to image generators, there's a ton of options out there. Each have their pros

and cons. The first three are pretty straightforward and easy to use. The last one is the most versatile

with the most features, so I'll go more in depth. We'll start with ideogram. If I click over onto

this top tab, you'll start to see what it can do well and where it struggles. So it is great with

text-based designs, logos, and illustrations. This isn't going to be as good as the others for things

like photorealism or getting really specific with what you want. When you type your prompt, it will

pop up with a bunch of different styles. You can choose one if you want or just direct it with your

prompt. Then there's a couple aspect ratios to choose from and generate. It comes back with four

options. If there's one you want to work with, you can click remix and it will generate four more

that are similar. You can do that as many times as you want until you have something you like. Dolly 3 was just rolled out to pro users in ChatGPT, so you can use it there if you have

ChatGPT Pro. If not, you can use it for free in the Bing image creator. You just type your prompt

and hit create. It does a good job with text. The best part is it's prompt understanding. You can get

really specific with what you want and it nails it. You get 25 free credits when you create an

account and then your boosts refresh each week. And now that we're in the text to image section

I'll just revisit Google SGE quickly. That's a really good option that is completely free to

generate as much as you want. Here's a few more examples. Stable Diffusion is open source

uncensored, and amazing. If you have a capable computer, you can install it locally and use it

completely free, but that involves some technical steps and is not beginner-friendly. Other platforms

have been built on top that utilize Stable Diffusion and make it much easier to use. For most of them

the free plans are very limited, but there is a platform that's extremely versatile with a ton of

features, and the free plan gives you 500 generations per day, which is huge. It's called

Playground AI. It's a canvas-based platform where you have a full workspace to move around and create

in. It looks intimidating at first, but it's really powerful. These are all just from today

under the free plan. When you're on the canvas, you can drag the corners here to change your size

and aspect ratio. Under the frame is where you can type a prompt. Anthropomorphic frog playing a banjo

On the right are some options you can learn and mess around with. I'll just use this one for four generations at a time

On the left is where we can choose the style to apply to the image. It has a huge impact

This whole workspace was basically just me testing out the different styles. I'll demo them in a second

Hit generate and it goes pretty quick. And every one of these looks amazing

Let's say I like this composition but want some variations. The image to image button will use this as a reference image

Then I can adjust the strength over here. You could adjust the prompt or style too. Now I've got four more to choose from

That was all with the haze style. Here's some other of my favorite styles using the same prompt

So we've got some cool images, but there's a lot more we can do. Up here was with the neon mecha style. These turned out awesome, so I made a bunch

I also did anthropomorphic frog playing a fiddle. I didn't really prompt for scenery

but these two look similar and I want to merge them. I can move the generation box over the gap

and generate. I'll combine them well but there's this weird robot looking thing right here. No

worries, I'll just use the eraser. That doesn't look perfect but I'm going to be bringing in a

singer anyways. This should look good but I need to remove the background so hit remove background

Then I'll drag it on here and make it look nice. Crop off the bottom and there it is. That's a fast

and easy composite shot. So I'll select the whole thing, then copy and paste. Now it's one image I

can export. There are tons and tons of other features in here. If you want to learn, a really

good resource is their YouTube channel. Now that I've got this image, let's see how it looks animated with Pika. That's not bad, but I think there's just too much going on with it. I had a

ton of other images, so I'm going to animate those. Then I want to add a song from Suno. I'll use the chirp command. These frogs have a kind of futuristic style. They look like a prog

rock band to me. Then they're kind of cyborg looking, so frog cyborg for the topic. And

actually, I think I have to do it. Yep, I can't help myself. All right, this song is so good. I'm about to spend way too much time making a frog cyborg

music video. I'll just use tools I covered in this video, Playground, Pika, and Suno

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