26 of the best free artificial intelligence tools
by Staff
It is obviously an area that changes quickly.
This list highlights free or freemium tools useful for educators and students in K – 12 and post -secondary contexts. The tools are grouped by function and include a concise explanation of what everyone does. This is not an exhaustive list but offers a representative sample of current tools that support learning, teaching and academic work.
Research and literature review tools
Get
A research assistant who uses requests in natural language to recover, summarize and compare the results of university literature.
Consensus
Generates answers based on evidence to research issues by analyzing studies evaluated by peers.
Know the assistant
Explains scientific claims by showing how they are supported or disputed in the context of quotation of academic articles.
Copilot Scispace
Helps to interpret academic articles, including technical equations and concepts, in simplified terms.
Explain
Allows users to download academic articles and receive explanations in simple language from difficult sections.
Connected papers
Visualizes the relationships between academic articles using co-payment and bibliographic coupling; Useful for the cartography of literature.
Researchrabbit
A network based on the network following quotation models and helps explore the research areas over time.
Illustrious
Combs the mapping of visual quotes with chronological filters to support the review of literature and research planning.
Writing and writing support
Notebook
Accepts downloaded documents or notes and allows users to ask questions or generate summaries based on these documents.
Typet.io
Provides assistance with academic writing, quoting and submission to journals.
Microsoft Copilot
A writing assistant integrated into Microsoft 365 tools that can help generate or revise content in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Keel
Supports revision by paraphrase, summary and verification of grammar. Useful for writing instructions and management of writing.
Dialogue and planning tools
Cat
A conversational assistant used to think about ideas, generate explanations and support planning or writing.
Claude
Manages longer documents and complex questions with a strong contextual consciousness. Useful to examine dense equipment or generate comments.
Perplexity
Provides supported responses by research with quotes, allowing users to question factual subjects and receive summarized responses.
Pi
Designed for reflective conversation and structured dialogue; be explored in contexts of advisory and socio-emotional learning.
Gemini
Google’s assistant tool for research, writing and general use. Functions through Google’s ecosystem with current integrations.
Affections
Supports the summary of documents and the structured extraction of information from complex source materials.
Learning and teaching tools
Teach
Offers clear explanations adapted to the age of questions, which makes it useful to introduce or examine the basic concepts.
Sotck exchange
Summarizes long academic texts, highlights key ideas and extracts key terms – useful for students who study or examine readings.
