There are many different kinds of artificial intelligence large language models now. I've simply divided them into several categories according to their main functions to make it easier for everyone to choose according to their needs. Below are the classifications and some recommendations that I find easy to use, focusing on ease of use and practicality!
1. Text Generation Models: All-rounders for Writing, Chatting, and Polishing
These models specialize in text understanding and generation. Whether it's writing articles, translating, polishing copy, or just chatting, they can handle it.
Good and Free Options in China:
- DeepSeek Chat (chat.deepseek.com): A versatile choice for text tasks, simple and easy to use.
- Tencent Yuanbao (yuanbao.tencent.com): Feature-rich, handles daily text processing without pressure.
- Tongyi Qianwen (Qwen) (chat.qwen.ai): Stable and reliable, suitable for various text needs.
Worth Trying Abroad:
- Grok (grok.com): Especially suitable for tasks that require real-time search, seamlessly calls data from the X platform, with excellent information freshness.
- Gemini (via Google AI Studio, aistudio.google.com): Almost free and unlimited, excels in text generation, translation, and polishing, and can even handle mixed text and image layouts, just no video generation.
2. Text-to-Image Models: Turning a Sentence into Artwork
These models can directly generate images based on your text descriptions, a great helper for wild ideas.
Recommended in China:
- Ji Meng (jimeng.jianying.com): In addition to generating images, it can also make videos, full of creativity, but the free quota is a bit stingy.
- Tongyi Wanxiang (wan.video): Both images and videos are possible, with good results, but the number of free uses is also limited.
Strong International Options:
- Grok: Not only is it good at text, but it's also good at image generation.
- Gemini: More powerful, in addition to independently generating images, it can also directly insert images into the text, a super cool experience.
3. Text or Image-to-Video Models: From Idea to Short Film
These models can turn text or images into short videos of a few seconds, suitable for those who want quick results.
- Recommended Options:
- Ji Meng (jimeng.jianying.com)
- Tongyi Wanxiang (wan.video)
4. Audio and Video Understanding Models: Listening, Watching, and Summarizing
These models can analyze audio or video content and output text transcripts or summaries, with full marks for practicality.
My Usage Tips and Recommendations
The above are some of the large language models I often use, and the experience is quite good. Domestically, DeepSeek Chat, Tencent Yuanbao, and Tongyi Qianwen are solid for text tasks, and they are also free and easy to use.
Abroad, Grok is particularly powerful for searching for information thanks to the real-time data of the X platform; Gemini is an all-rounder, almost free and powerful, especially the mixed text and image layout is very bright. If you want to play with text-to-image or video, Ji Meng and Tongyi Wanxiang are good choices in China, but you have to use the free quota sparingly.
If you are too lazy to choose and just want to use one, I highly recommend Gemini. In addition to not being able to generate videos, other functions are almost perfect, and the cost performance is ridiculously high, which is great for developers to use!