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Practical, accessible guides to getting started with the most transformative technology of our time, from rundowns of the best tools to tutorials and guides on how to get the most out of them.

CollectionLast updated Jun 9, 2024
Jun 9
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How To Create Hyper-Realistic AI Images with Stable Diffusion

Are you ready to blur the line between reality and AI-generated art? If you follow the generative AI space, and image generation in particular, you're likely familiar with Stable Diffusion. This open-source AI platform has ignited a creative revolution, empowering artists and enthusiasts alike to explore the realms of human creativity—all on their own computers, for free. With any simple prompt, you can get a picturesque landscape, a fantasy illustration, a 3D creature or a cartoon. But the rea...

May 26
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How to Run Any AI App With Just a Few Clicks With Pinokio

There is undeniable appeal to running AI tools on your own computer, versus relying on online services offered by big tech players like OpenAI, Google, or Meta. But since most are published with software developers in mind, installing AI apps locally can get very complicated, very fast. (We have step-by-step guides for Stable Diffusion and FaceFusion, for example.) It's not hard to get lost while trying to find the AI models that are compatible with your computer, navigating a bunch of Github c...

May 12
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How To AI: Fine Tune Your Chatbot Privacy Settings

It may be easy, even comforting, to imagine that using AI tools involves interacting with a purely objective, stoic, independent machine that knows nothing about you. But between cookies, device identifiers, login and account requirements, and even the occasional human reviewer, the voracious appetite online services have for your data seems insatiable. Privacy is a major concern that both consumers and governments have about the pervasive spread of AI. Across the board, platforms highlight the...

Dec 13
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How To AI: Best AI Tools for Writers

Many writers view artificial intelligence as an enemy coming to replace them. Still, AI is also a tool writers can use to help them with the creative process—particularly regarding the nettlesome basics of grammar and spelling.  This article will examine some of the tools that use generative AI to help writers with their words and get their stories out there.  Generative AI refers to AI models that use prompts to generate text, images, videos, and audio. While some of these tools predate GPT-4,...

Dec 6
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How To AI: Best AI Tools for Image Generation

In the fast-evolving digital art and design world, AI image generators have quickly become indispensable tools for creators. Whether you're a professional designer, a hobbyist, or just someone looking to spice up your social media feed, the right art generator can make all the difference. Each platform offers unique strengths, from MidJourney's vivid, photorealistic compositions to the total creative control offered by Stable Diffusion. But with so many to pick from, how do you know which one i...

Nov 28
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How to AI: Best AI Tools for Students

When ChatGPT launched in November, it sent shockwaves through the education space as students began to use the chatbot not only to explain and learn complex topics but also to cheat. Since then, a cottage industry of AI tools for teachers and students has arisen. This article will look at free or low-cost AI tools available to students that may help give them an edge in the classroom. (Sorry, teachers.) AI models like those listed in this article use generative artificial intelligence and promp...

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4 min read
Jason Nelson
Nov 11
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How to AI: How To Create Your First GPT

When Sam Altman announced the launch of GPTs at OpenAI’s inaugural DevDay event, it sent shockwaves through the developer space. Now, using ChatGPT’s most powerful AI model, anyone can build a clone inside ChatGPT in minutes. GPTs are Generative Pre-trained Transformers, of which ChatGPT is one, but the platform now allows anyone to build their own. Introduced with OpenAI’s GPT-4, subscribers to ChatGPT Plus can create GPTs as a part of their monthly plan. However, GPTs are still rolling out, s...

Nov 8
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How To AI: Best AI Tools for Teachers

The ascent of artificial intelligence in our daily lives is undeniable, especially with the prominence of AI models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. One area that has seen the most significant adoption—and controversy—is the classroom. Students and teachers alike are looking for ways to leverage the technology, whether to teach, learn, cheat, or detect cheating. This article will look at AI tools available to teachers that may help design assignments and activities to encourage learning, emphasizing free...

Oct 24

Deepfakes Made Simple With AI: An In-Depth Look at FaceFusion

In recent years, the digital media landscape has buzzed with a term seemingly plucked from science fiction: deepfakes. We are well beyond the cartoon cut-out animations of JibJab ecards of 2004—the state of the art in audio and visual recreations of real people are so realistic that distinguishing fabricated content from genuine footage is increasingly difficult. As with using any tool, intent matters. While deepfakes are frequently cited as a threat to government, business, and celebrities, sw...

Oct 17
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How To AI: Best AI Tools for YouTube

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how content creators make videos and podcasts. While starting a YouTube channel remains as simple as turning on the front-facing camera on your phone, those looking for an edge are turning to AI for everything from script development to voiceovers, thumbnails, and editing. Here are some of the free and subscription-based AI apps that content creators are using for their YouTube videos. Scripts Some people are natural-born speakers, and others need som...

Aug 26
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The Best AI Platforms for Navigating PDFs—That Are Not ChatGPT

Decrypt previously looked at productivity plugins for OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but users need a ChatGPT subscription to use plugins. This article will discuss productivity platforms in the form of AI PDF readers that do not require a paid subscription to ChatGPT. The Portable Document Format, or PDF, is a file type used to consistently display and print documents across different devices and software. The once proprietary file format—and its most common interpreter, Adobe Reader—launched over thirty ye...

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4 min read
Jason Nelson
Aug 4
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Decrypt’s Guide to Stable Diffusion: The Most Powerful Open-Source Tool for AI Image Generation

Image created by Decrypt using Stable Diffusion /Jose Lanz Whether you're a digital artist seeking fresh inspiration or just a regular Joe with an insatiable hunger for visuals, Stable Diffusion is set to become your new go-to tool. The best part? It's open-source and completely free, inviting everyone to don their creative hats. But be warned: like any skilled artist, it has the potential to produce NSFW content if that's what your 'recipe' requires. Stable Diffusion is a Text-to-Image Generati...

Jun 20

Welcome to the Circus: Top 5 Absurd AI Tools You Should Try in 2023

Humankind, in our infinite wisdom, has unleashed artificial intelligence unto the masses and into the spotlight. But before developing tools destined to bring a dystopian nightmare upon us, developers have managed to make the smartest, dumbest AI thingies! Buckle up and enjoy this tour through five side-splitting, pointless, inane AI tools that you definitely need to try. 5: Chirper: The AI-Only Social Media First on our eccentric expedition is "Chirper," the social media platform for AI. It's...

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5 min read
Jose Antonio Lanz
Jun 14
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Unleash ChatGPT: The Top 7 Plugins You Should Know in 2023

Plugins have become crucial in learning, understanding, and interacting with artificial intelligence. Thanks to the flexibility provided by OpenAI's ChatGPT, chatbots are appearing everywhere and becoming more nuanced. What is a plugin? A "ChatGPT plugin" is a software add-on developers design that integrates other applications into ChatGPT's AI chatbot, enabling features beyond what ChatGPT was initially designed to provide. These plugins manage the interaction between the application and the C...