A new and seemingly more impressive artificial intelligence (AI) tool is released almost weekly, and researchers are flocking to try them out. Whether they are looking to edit manuscripts, write code or generate hypotheses, researchers have more generative AI tools to choose from than ever before.
Each large language model (LLM) is suited to different tasks. Some are available through free chatbots, whereas others use a paid-for application programming interface (API) that means they can be integrated with other software. A few can also be downloaded, allowing researchers to build their own custom models.
Although LLMs produce human-like responses, they all remain too error-prone to be used on their own, says Carrie Wright, a data scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
So which LLM is best for what task? Here, researchers share their current favourites with Nature to help guide those in need.
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