Links and resources

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AI assistants

Popular services for asking questions, drafting text and working with files or other media.

• ChatGPT

  OpenAI

  A general-purpose assistant for conversations, writing and working with different kinds of information.

• Claude

  Anthropic

  An assistant for conversations, writing, analysis and working with uploaded material.

• Gemini

  Google

  Google’s assistant for language, images and connections with some Google services.

• Microsoft Copilot

  Microsoft

  Microsoft’s general-purpose AI assistant, also available through some Microsoft products.

• Le Chat

  Mistral AI

  An AI assistant from Mistral with access to the company’s language models.

• DeepSeek

  DeepSeek

  An AI assistant from the Chinese model developer DeepSeek, with support for general questions, reasoning and coding tasks.

• Qwen

  Alibaba Cloud

  An AI assistant built around Alibaba’s Qwen family of language and multimodal models.

• Kimi

  Moonshot AI

  An AI assistant from Moonshot AI for conversations, research, documents and agent-based tasks.

• Z.ai

  Z.ai

  An AI assistant and agent built around the GLM family of models.

AI for coding

Tools that can explain code, suggest changes and help with software projects. Generated code still needs review, testing and appropriate security checks.

• Cursor

  Anysphere

  A code editor built around AI-assisted editing, questions and software-development agents.

• GitHub Copilot

  GitHub

  AI coding assistance available in GitHub and supported development environments.

• Claude Code

  Anthropic

  A coding agent that works from a terminal and can inspect and change a software project.

• Codex

  OpenAI

  A coding agent for working on software tasks in local tools and cloud environments.

• Gemini Code Assist

  Google

  AI coding assistance for supported editors and software-development workflows.

AI agents

Services that can work through multi-step tasks and take actions using connected tools, websites or accounts.

Agents may be able to read private information or take actions through connected accounts. Start with the fewest permissions possible, review actions and do not connect sensitive services until you understand the risks.

• OpenClaw

  OpenClaw Foundation

  An open-source, self-hosted assistant that connects chat services to coding agents and other tools.

• Dots

  OpenAI

  Always-on ChatGPT agents that can use connected tools and work on projects between conversations.

• Instinct

  Instinct

  A personal agent designed to carry out tasks through messages and connected services.

• Muse

  Meta

  A personal agent for carrying out tasks through connected services and a cloud-based computer.

AI inference providers

Services that host AI models and make them available through an API. Developers use them to add model outputs to applications without operating all the computing infrastructure themselves.

• OpenRouter

  OpenRouter

  A shared API and routing service for accessing models from many different providers.

• Together AI

  Together AI

  Cloud inference and training services for open-weight and custom AI models.

• Fireworks AI

  Fireworks AI

  Hosted model inference, fine-tuning and deployment services for AI applications.

• GroqCloud

  Groq

  Hosted model inference using Groq’s specialised language-processing hardware.

• Replicate

  Replicate

  An API platform for running community and commercial models for text, images, audio and video.

• Hugging Face Inference Providers

  Hugging Face

  A common interface for running supported models through multiple infrastructure providers.

Open standards

Specifications and shared definitions that help different AI tools work together and make important technical claims easier to understand.

• Model Context Protocol

  MCP project

  An open protocol for connecting AI applications to external information, tools and services.

• Open Source AI Definition

  Open Source Initiative

  A definition describing the freedoms and access required for an AI system to be considered open source.

• C2PA specifications

  Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity

  Technical standards for recording the origin and editing history of digital media.

• Content Credentials

  Content Authenticity Initiative

  A consumer-facing explanation of credentials that can show how digital content was created or changed.

Technical links

Resources for readers who want to go beyond the plain-language guides and explore models, machine learning and implementation in more detail.

• Hugging Face Learn

  Hugging Face

  Courses covering language models, agents, computer vision, audio and other machine-learning topics.

• Hugging Face model directory

  Hugging Face

  A large directory of downloadable models with varying licences, documentation and intended uses.

• Machine Learning Crash Course

  Google for Developers

  A practical introduction to core machine-learning concepts, exercises and terminology.

• PyTorch tutorials

  PyTorch

  Hands-on technical tutorials for building and working with machine-learning models.

• fast.ai

  fast.ai

  Free practical courses and resources for learning deep learning through code and examples.

• Ollama

  Ollama

  Software for downloading and running supported open-weight models on your own computer.

• Artificial Intelligence research

  arXiv

  Recent research papers in artificial intelligence. Papers may not have completed peer review.

• State of AI Report

  Air Street Capital

  An annual report examining important developments in AI research, industry, politics and safety.