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Top AI Tools and Features of 2024 for Your Business

Businesses are incessantly leveraging generative AI and its various tools for growth and competitive advantage. In this rapidly evolving field, staying updated becomes fundamental. This itemized guide brings out the strikes and gutters of the AI tools landscape from 2024, critiquing and ranking tools updated or launched during the year.

Up-and-Coming AI Tools and Features

Several tools have stood out in 2024 for their unique capabilities:

• Midjourney v6.1:
  An AI image generation tool, distinguished for its flexibility, even though rated as a "B" tool.
• Microsoft Copilot Studio:
  Featuring autonomous agents, highly recommended. Particularly insightful for Microsoft 365 organizations, it achieved the highest "S" ranking.
• Copilot Vision:
  While it can view entire web pages with a Copilot Pro account and Edge browser, its application is limited to some websites. It's assigned to the "C" rank.
• Notebook LM:
  Noted for its no-code, long-form generation ability using information from uploaded documents.

Several tools were analyzed, considering their practicality and utility across businesses:

• Sora:
  Displaying impressive capabilities despite a lack of physical knowledge.
• Veo 2:
  Google's AI tool surpasses the capabilities of others like Sora, Cling, Runway, and Luma Labs.
• Zapier Agents:
  Highly effective in marketing automation, connecting with nearly 7,000 services and initiating marketing automation using intuitive language.

The AI Tool Rankings

Every tool was classified using a tiered setup (S, A, B, C, D). Tools with lower ranks don't necessarily imply inferior quality; it could be a reflection of their market niche, a restricted user base, or a particular utility.

Notably, Notebook LM was the AI tool of the year, chosen for its concentration on user trust and transparency, functioning predominantly on user-uploaded data.

Enhancements in AI Personalization

Businesses will be excited by the host of highly advanced features offered by these tools.

• Canvas from ChatGPT:
  This tool acts as a leap forward in augmented intelligence, offering functionalities similar to a Google Doc. It's anticipated to be adopted by tech giants soon.
• Claude Artifacts:
  A praised tool used for rendering code, notably Python in Canvas Mode. It's more robust compared to alternatives in the market.
• Gemini 2.0:
  Currently experimental, this is gaining fame as a top model in AI.

Final Thoughts

The growing presence of AI in everyday businesses has made staying updated with the top tools and features essential. Although some of these tools may have certain limitations, their ongoing improvements and novel capabilities without doubt carry weight and the potential to transform businesses. The various deals and offerings can be pulled together through a robust strategy, shaping a future adaptable business model.

In conclusion, the future seems to hold an increase in dependence on AI tools, especially in mainstream business sectors. Now is the time to get on board and integrate these powerful software options for improved productivity, efficiencies, and sustainable growth/enhancement.

Topics Covered in This Episode

1. Top AI Tools and Features Discussion
2. AI Tools of the Year & Rankings
3. In-depth Discussion of Specific Tools
4. AI Industry Overview

Podcast Transcript

Jordan Wilson [00:00:17]:
I spent more than a 1000 hours in 2024, trying out different features, different AI tools, 100 of videos on our YouTube channels, countless hours on podcasts, trying to understand what happened in 2024. And today, whether you're joining us live or listening on the podcast, I'm gonna recap the top AI features and tools of 2024. So, maybe learning AI or implementing AI in your business is a top priority for 2025, and you're wondering where to start. There's literally thousands of AI tools, and the big ones like ChatGPT and Perplexity, and Gemini, Microsoft Copilot are getting updated on a weekly basis. So where do you start? You start here. Alright. This is our top AI tools and features of 2024. I'm excited.

Jordan Wilson [00:01:25]:
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Jordan Wilson [00:02:59]:
Hey, livestream audience. Thank you for joining us. It's gonna be a it's gonna be a, hopefully, a packed one there in the livestream comments. So, yeah, maybe you're a longtime podcast listener. We do this live, 7:30 AM Central Standard Time on LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, all that good stuff. Thank you for joining us. Michael and George, Harvey, Michelle, everyone. Jackie, happy 2025.

Jordan Wilson [00:03:22]:
It's great to see you all. Douglas, Ronald, Christopher. Hey, everyone. Dennis from New Jersey. How are the drones? Alright. So you know what? Also, make sure make sure you're active in today's comments. There's a lot. I looked at who's attending.

Jordan Wilson [00:03:39]:
There's people from huge tech companies watching live right now. So get your you know, if you wanna network with others, say what you are, say who you are, what you're working on, where you're from, all that good stuff. Alright. So like I said at the top of the show, I've spent I don't even wanna count because it's embarrassing, but more than a 1000 hours just trying out all the newest features, updates, and tools. Yes. I spend multiple hours a day doing this, whether we're building something for a client. Right? So clients hire us to help them, learn learn AI and start using AI in their company or whether I'm just doing, you know, a new update in ChatGPT or clogged for our YouTube channel. Multiple hours every single day all year.

Jordan Wilson [00:04:23]:
Alright? So you don't have to be lost. I'm gonna cut through the fluff right now. So couple things about this list y'all. This is not the best AI tools. That's not what this is. Alright? This is just the top or the most popular. Alright? So, obviously, 2024, we did 24 of the biggest AI updates, or in some cases, new tools. Right? So there's some very popular AI tools that didn't really have big updates in 2024.

Jordan Wilson [00:04:51]:
Like, right, like, as an example, like, character AI. Right? There's there's a lot of them that aren't gonna make the list. So before you start harassing me and being like, hey, Jordan, you missed blank tool. Well, it's probably didn't get updated in 2024. This is just what's new, what's hot in 2024, the most talked about tools. Alright. So, these are for everyday people as well. So there's obviously some fantastic, niche tools for certain verticals, certain types of businesses.

Jordan Wilson [00:05:20]:
That's not this list either. Also, I'm not putting up a bunch of random, you know, old, you know, GPT wrappers. Right? You know, these AI companies that I think will ultimately get squashed. So that's not what this is either. Right? So any, kind of tool that I put up on my list, as a top, you know, or best tool of 2024 or feature, it's not going away. Right? A lot of people are pushing a bunch of garbage out there on the Internet. That is not me. I personally believe that a lot of the big tech companies, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Claude Anthropic, Meta, they're gonna be crushing 100, of, you know, quote, unquote AI startups that maybe came out in, you know, late 2022, 2023.

Jordan Wilson [00:06:02]:
So that that list this is not that list. Right? If if if you want a bunch of flimsy AI tools, everyone else on the Internet's covering this. This is just the stuff that you can use right now today to grow your business. Alright. And I've used almost almost all of them extensively. Alright. Everyone, take a look at the screen. Here are the top 24 tools.

Jordan Wilson [00:06:31]:
Alright. I'm not gonna make you wait until the end. But what I want you to do, livestream audience, you can only vote once. Okay? We're gonna have a people's choice award because at the very end, I'm going to tell you which is my top tool, alright, for the year. But we're also gonna have a people's choice. So all you have to do right now, if you're listening on the livestream, go ahead and type in the number. You see them up there on the screen. And for our podcast audience, I'm gonna quickly rattle them off, and we're gonna go over 1 by 1, and then we are going to tier them.

Jordan Wilson [00:07:03]:
Okay? We are going to rank them on a tier list. Alright. So I actually, I actually made this tier list. Let's see if I can get it to work here. That's not the right one. There we go. So, made this in Claude artifacts. So, there's a tier list.

Jordan Wilson [00:07:23]:
I don't know how this started. Super popular here on the Internet. Right? So it's essentially s a, b, c, d. So s, I believe stands for super or something like that. A is a, b, c, d. Right? So s is the best, then a, then b, then c, then d. Alright. So we're gonna be, jumping over between these two screens, but, and and ranking them all by tiers.

Jordan Wilson [00:07:47]:
Alright? And if something's a d, that doesn't mean it's a bad tool. It could be really, really good. A great tool, a great feature. Just because something's a b doesn't mean I don't like it. So I'm gonna give you my quick hot takes for every single one of these 24 tools. Here they are. Again, live stream audience, get your vote in. And this right now this list is just alphabetical order.

Jordan Wilson [00:08:06]:
This isn't my top list, alright, or my rankings. 1, Apple Intelligence. 2, advanced voice mode from ChatGPT. 3, ChatGPT Canvas. 4, Canva Magic Studio. 5, ChatGPT search. 6, Claude artifacts. 7, Claude Computer use.

Jordan Wilson [00:08:22]:
8, Cursor AI. 9, 11 Labs conversational agents. 10, Gemini 2 point o. 11, Google Deep Research. 12, Hegen v 3 avatars. 13, MetaLama 3.2. 14, Midjourney v 61. 15, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Autonomous Agents, 16, Microsoft Copilot Vision, 17, NotebookLM from Google, 18, OpenAI's o one pro, 19, Runway v 3, 20, Sora from OpenAI, 21, Stream Real Time from Google, 22, Suno v 3, 23, v o 2 from Google, and 24 Zapier agents previously called Zapier Central.

Jordan Wilson [00:09:08]:
Alright. So that is our list. You don't need anything else. You can leave now. I'm not gonna be offended. Alright. But we're gonna go through I'm gonna talk very quickly about all of these tools. And, again, these are tried, true, tested, embedded.

Jordan Wilson [00:09:21]:
Some of them are brand spanking new. Not all of them have general availability either. Here's the other thing. If something's only out in beta, I didn't put it on this list. Right? Because there's others that I probably would have included. So almost all of these have general availability, except for, I believe, VO 2, although enough people have access to it, and have shared about it that I felt comfortable already putting it on the list, and it's that good. So that is our list. Livestream audience.

Jordan Wilson [00:09:49]:
I see a couple of y'all have voted. So if you are live, all it takes just get your vote in now. Just type the number that you think is the best or top tool. Alright? Just put in the number 1 through 24. I'm gonna give y'all just 2 more seconds to get your votes in, and we're gonna be putting the people's choice, your choice. I always said everyday AI. It's for all of you. Right? This isn't just something I I run the show.

Jordan Wilson [00:10:16]:
Right? I schedule the shows, but y'all run it. So what is your top AI tool or feature? Again, there's a lot of great, AI tools, you know, or features that just didn't make the list because they either, I have an honorable mention list actually. So if you want access, I believe there was another 20 tools on there. If you wanna access to the honorable mention list, just go ahead and share or repost this show, and I'll send that to you as well. Little little added bonus for those of you that, you know, help us out and share this with your friends. So we have that list as well. So, alright. I think most of y'all got your vote in.

Jordan Wilson [00:10:53]:
You know, hey, Luke. ChatGPT projects was actually on our honorable mention list. Yeah. It didn't make the top 24. There's a lot of great updates that just didn't make the list. It is tough. Alright. And, yes, some of these are stand alone, kind of pieces of software.

Jordan Wilson [00:11:09]:
Some of them are just big updates, but all of them tried, trued, tested, and something that you can use to grow your business literally immediately. Alright. Enough chitchat. Let's get to it. We're gonna be ranking all of these, right now. Let me just get my get my list here so I can copy and paste, and you don't have to watch me fumble through. Alright. Like I said, yeah, we do have an honorable mention list.

Jordan Wilson [00:11:37]:
I believe that's 20 some. List is already done. Click that repost share if you're listening on LinkedIn, or Twitter. I guess those are the only places you can share it, and then just hit me up with a DM or a message, and let me know you shared it, and I'll send you that list. Alright. Number 1. And again, this is just an alphabetical, mostly alphabetical order list. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:12:03]:
So number 1, Apple Intelligence. Yeah. This was often talked about. So it was just fully introduced in, iOS 18.8. This is Apple's AI. Right? Essentially, I'll say this. This is stuff that we essentially had, like, 3 years ago in a lot of other tools. For me, there's nothing revolutionary, about Apple Intelligence, and it does actually rely on open AI's GPT 4 o model for more complex queries.

Jordan Wilson [00:12:32]:
Right? So if you're asking Siri something that's, you know, especially difficult, it just uses ChatGPT. It is a combination of edge AI or on device AI, which is great. Right? So, kudos to Apple's for doing that and still, prioritizing security. But for, like I said, for more complex queries, you're just passing everything off to ChatGPT anyways. Right? So let's go ahead and, livestream audience. Let me know. Can, like, can you guys see my my my screen here? I'm gonna be jumping back and forth between my two lists here. So let me know if you can't see anything.

Jordan Wilson [00:13:07]:
So, our first one, Apple Intelligence, in this this tier list. Yeah. Actually just made this real quick, on Claude artifacts because all the ones online. So these s a, b, c, d, they were just plastered with ads, and I literally couldn't even use them. So in about 2 minutes, I just made this in Claude artifacts. Can we see it? Let me know. Can we see it? Oh oh, yeah. And and everyone yeah.

Jordan Wilson [00:13:34]:
Get your vote in for each tool too. Right? So Apple Intelligence, is this the best s super a, b, c, or d? Alright. Hopefully hopefully y'all can see this, clawed artifacts. So Hey. This is Jordan, the host of Everyday AI. I've spent more than a 1000 hours inside ChatGPT, and I'm sharing all of my secrets in our free prime prompt polished ChatGPT course that's only available to loyal listeners like you. Here's what Lindy, who works as an educational consultant, said about the PPP course.

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Jordan Wilson [00:14:31]:
Everyone's prompting wrong, and the PPP course fixes that. If you want access, go to podpp.com. Again, that's podpp.com. Sign up for the free course and start putting ChatGPT to work for you. Apple intelligence. T. Alright. Doesn't mean it's bad.

Jordan Wilson [00:14:54]:
Alright. There's I don't know. Nothing good. I tried it. I tried it all. Nothing in Apple Intelligence impressed me hardly at all. Right? Like I said, it's it's all stuff we've had for many years. Apple is just extremely late to the party.

Jordan Wilson [00:15:10]:
I don't know. Advanced voice mode. Alright. Advanced voice mode. This is from ChatGPT. This was originally demoed, at OpenAI's kind of spring event, and was just finally released in, September with limited features. And then the features were upgraded in December at OpenAI's 12 days of OpenAI event. So finally, it does have access to the Internet, which is great, which it previously did not have.

Jordan Wilson [00:15:42]:
Also, it has video access. So, yes, you can show it something. This is amazing. This is what I think the future of AI is. When it was first, released, it was a little buggy. I did a a review probably the day after I got it. I think most of those bugs have been, worked out. So if you're listening, maybe you haven't used advanced voice mode from ChatGPT.

Jordan Wilson [00:16:02]:
You do have to be on a paid plan. But it you are literally talking to a a neural live agent that can see. Right? On your phone, on your iPhone. Right? So you can show it a photo, of of something on your whiteboard. You can, you know, show it something on your desk, something that's broken. I've already been using it a lot for things like that. You know, I'm the least handy person ever. Right? I can do just about anything in front of a computer.

Jordan Wilson [00:16:27]:
I don't know how to work a screwdriver. Right? So I've been using advanced voice mode a lot for, you know, I wouldn't even say projects around the house because I I don't do actual projects. Right? I use a computer and hire someone or my wife uses, you know, an app to hire someone to do projects. But I mean for small stuff, it's like, what's this? This is broken. Look up this. Right? Like, it's actually really good for that. So, what's everyone's vote? Is it s, a, b, c, or d for advanced voice mode from ChatGPT. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:16:59]:
What do you guys think? What do you guys think? Brian says a. Peter says s. Luke says a for advanced voice mode. Let's go ahead and see where is this gonna make it on our list. Alright. S. Our first s or super. I think that's what this list means.

Jordan Wilson [00:17:24]:
Super. I don't know. Alright. But, advanced voice mode. It's up there. It's up there. Alright. It is an s.

Jordan Wilson [00:17:33]:
Let's go to number 3. We're gonna keep this going quickly. So we have Canvas from ChatGPT. This is low key. Canvas is getting slapped on. So, what I liked, originally about some of these, you know, essentially GPT wrappers or AI writing tools, one of the ones that I've been using since it came out, in, when was this? 2020? Was Jasper, Jarvis. Right? But one thing I always like about it is it's in line. Right? I I and I've been saying, like, since ChatGPT came out November 2022, I'm like, yo.

Jordan Wilson [00:18:09]:
Like, we need inline AI. Right? Because that's how people work and operate. They don't work and operate in a back and forth chat. Right? You need to be able to have a a a document that you can work in and talk with ChatGPT in anywhere in that document. Right? And sometimes what would happen when you're working with large language models in a back and forth chat back and forth chat format is you might just wanna change a couple of things, and you either then had to just copy and paste it and do it manually, which ended up being a huge waste of time, or you would just have to go back and forth, with a large language model just to change or tweak a couple of things. So with Canvas, you can just change a couple of things. Right? You can go and collaborate. I do think this is a huge step toward augmented intelligence, which is really working hand in hand versus, I think, a general chat mode when you're just pinging back and forth with large language model.

Jordan Wilson [00:18:57]:
It's actually very unintuitive. Right? That's why when ChatGPT first came out, I'm like, not that good. Right? Because I was used to using all these other GPT tools that had inline AI editing. Alright. So what do y'all think? Get your votes in y'all. Canvas for ChatGPT. So like I said, I think Canvas is absolutely slapped on. I think it's it's great.

Jordan Wilson [00:19:20]:
I do think that we're gonna see a bunch of Canvas clones. Right? I've I've already seen it in a lot of these other, like, third party AI tools that I use. They got these new, you know, essentially Canvas modes, which is great. I do think, ultimately, you're gonna see them from from Google. You're gonna see it from Microsoft. You're gonna see it from Cloud. There's no way around it. These large language model companies are gonna have to offer the same thing with Meta.

Jordan Wilson [00:19:48]:
It's just too good. It's too intuitive, especially for people who are, nontechnical. Right? Because it does feel much more like working in a Google Doc, working in a collaborative page. Right? This feature, you know, not exactly this feature, but Microsoft, Copilot pages. Right? Another one that made our, Otter will, mention list, I believe. So where does Canvas go? Gladys said Canvas a, and so did Christopher, and both of them are right. Alright. So, that did make our a list.

Jordan Wilson [00:20:21]:
Hey, everyone. Can you let me know? Yes or no? Can you see, both screens here? I'm using this, in, Claude artifacts, so hopefully y'all can see it. Alright. Number 4, Canva magic studio. Alright. There's so much in Canva's, magic studio. We actually had their top AI person, Canva's head of AI on the show to talk about, Canva magic studio. So that's the other thing y'all.

Jordan Wilson [00:20:52]:
Like, when when when I talk about these things, when I give you a list, I'm not just some random dude. Like, oh, yeah. This is fun. No. I've spent, like I said, more than a 1000 hours using all these things. I've talked 1 on 1 with the people who are building these things. I I found bugs. I've I you know, I'm having conversations with people from all of these companies.

Jordan Wilson [00:21:12]:
Right? So I I don't make this list lightly, just FYI. I just had to mention, like, oh, yeah. Canva magic studio. Talk to their head of AI. Alright. So this one's different. And this is if I'm being honest, aside from ChatGPT, technically, Canva is the tool that I use the most. All my crappy slides that you're seeing on the screen right now.

Jordan Wilson [00:21:30]:
Right? Like, I make everything in Canva. So I use Canva's Magic Studio a lot. A lot of, kind of new AI features, magic animate, magic edit, magic expand, magic grab. Right? So a lot of things that used to take me a long time hours in Photoshop like 8 years ago. Now you can do in seconds, with kind of k, Canvas magic studio. So, live stream audience, what do you think? Is this, s, a, b, c, or d? Let's jump over. Where does Canva magic studio go? Kevin says what's up, Kevin? Kevin says, I always feel restricted by Canva. It's good, but not amazing.

Jordan Wilson [00:22:11]:
B, Brian says it's a b. Daniel's loving Canva magic studio says it's an s. Alright. Here's here's my take, Riel. Canva Magic Studio d. Doesn't mean it's bad. It's fantastic. I love it.

Jordan Wilson [00:22:26]:
Right? But when we're talking about the top AI tools and features of the entire year, just because something makes the d tier does not mean it is bad. It's just I can't give everything an a, b, c, d. Right? So this is comparatively. So I I I think it might be one of the better, you know, kind of design AI design tools. But at least when compared to everything else, right, I was trying to weight these evenly. You know, it made deep deep here. Alright. ChatGPT search.

Jordan Wilson [00:22:57]:
Alright. So, ChatGPT search. It integrates web search capabilities into ChatGPT. One of the things that I think, let me just say this. This is big. Right? It's it's a big step for how people use the Internet. Chad GPT really did go all in on this. This is one of those they first released as a prototype search GPT.

Jordan Wilson [00:23:23]:
They did a pretty limited beta for a couple of months, and then they released it to the general public a little bit later. So, if you don't know anything about, ChatGPT search, it's that little globe icon now. Right? If you use ChatGPT, sometimes ChatGPT knows that it will need to use or search the web. Personally, I'm not a fan of it. I'm not. I liked previously I liked the the browse with Bing. ChatGpT search, there's a huge problem with it. I've been actually saying, like, oh, do do I need to do a show on this or should I just be talking, you know, to my, you know, contacts over there at OpenAI to let them know? There's a couple of things that are very broken in ChatGPTsearch.

Jordan Wilson [00:24:06]:
I honestly think, right, there's things that are better. Right? There's things that are better. It gives you more of a search engine experience, bringing in rich text, you know, snippets, you know, so certain things. If you're searching for, like, local events or something. Right? ChatGPT search is great for that. It does give you much more visual, better UI UX. But from, an actual iterative, you know, talking with ChatGPT search iteratively, if you're trying to have it go do research and it comes back and then you're trying to improve or modify it, it's actually oftentimes broken, and it gets stuck in a loop. Right? So you can send a query to ChatGPT.

Jordan Wilson [00:24:40]:
It's gonna use ChatGPT search. It comes back. It does some research for you, and you're like, hey. This isn't right. Actually, I was talking about, d, e, and f, not a, b, and c. And And what happens is it just gets stuck in a loop. Right? It's actually kind of broken. I hate to say that, but that's the truth.

Jordan Wilson [00:24:56]:
But maybe that's my experience. Everyone else, what do you think? ChatGPT search. Where does it go? Is that a s, a, b, c, d? What do you think? Daniel, says d. Robert joining from Twitter. What's up, Robert? Robert says uses Grok for searches. I will tell you this. Grok didn't even make my honorable mention list. I think it's garbage.

Jordan Wilson [00:25:20]:
That's just me, and I use a lot of large language models. Yeah. They have all the compute in the world. They they they have users on x slash Twitter. It's not good. Alright. B, doctor Janet says b. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:25:36]:
Sorry. Sorry, y'all. ChatGPT search gets a d for me. It does. Doesn't mean it's bad, but I will say there's a lot of things that are kind of broken with ChatGPT search. Alright. 6, Claude artifacts. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:25:49]:
If you don't know Claude artifacts, I mean, it's literally what I'm sharing on my screen right now. It's been out for a while in 2024. This was an earlier 2024 release, but essentially it renders code. Right? So now, in canvas mode, which I did put as an a tool. So canvas mode can now render Python. Right? Which is great. But with Claude artifacts, you can render just about any type of code. So you can, you know, as an example, you can have, ask Claude, you know, in the new 3.5 sonnet, which didn't make my list.

Jordan Wilson [00:26:23]:
Not that impressive y'all. The 3.5 sonnet new or 3.6 sonnet, whatever you wanna call it. But whatever you have Claude generates, it can render it. Right? So you could be doing just, I don't know, HTML and CSS, you could be doing JavaScript, you could be doing Python. It it can, just render, which is amazing. Right? Render mock ups, render websites, render games, all in, all in the, the console there. So it splits the screen into 2. If you haven't used artifacts, it's amazing.

Jordan Wilson [00:26:56]:
Alright. So it's much different than Canvas. So Canvas is an editable, kind of, document, right, where you can, play with it in line. That's not what, artifacts is. Artifacts can just essentially render all different kinds of code, and it's pretty robust and amazing. Alright. So, Robert says it's an a. Kevin Kevin says, artifacts a, but could go up to s.

Jordan Wilson [00:27:21]:
Alright. Everyone else, hey. I I I'd love to hear from y'all. You know, I I I definitely don't want my bias, to to show through here. But, I mean, here's the reality. I'm literally using Claude artifacts for this tier list because there were things that just I try to find some of these on the Internet, and they were just littered with ads. And I'm like, I can't share this on my screen, like right? Like, you can't even see anything. I love artifacts.

Jordan Wilson [00:27:47]:
I use it every day. For me, it is a a tool. I'm like I'm like Kevin. For me, it was teetering between, a and s. If you would have asked me in November before we had an absolutely nuts, December from OpenAI and Google, I probably would have said s. But right now it's a, but for me it's borderline. I don't know. Maybe maybe if enough of you say it's s, maybe I'll I'll modify the list here at the end.

Jordan Wilson [00:28:17]:
Alright. We got some people saying a, b, love Claude. Jackie says it's an s. Yeah. It's borderline for me. Maybe I'll change it. Who knows? You guys let me know. You can change my mind.

Jordan Wilson [00:28:30]:
Alright. Number 7, Claude Computer Use. Alright. So this was, released, I believe, in October. We did a dedicated episode on this. This is a very, I would say, early and archaic version if I'm being honest of, agents. Right? So you can talk to Claude in real time, and then computer use can essentially go do things. It can go Google something.

Jordan Wilson [00:28:52]:
It can go browse websites. It can, create charts, you you know, from information on a website, but it is extremely clunky. It's not great for everyday people. That's what this list is for. You you have to know, you have to know a little bit. Like I said, I did like a 1 on 1 show on this. I showed you guys live how to do this. It's not the easiest thing.

Jordan Wilson [00:29:15]:
You gotta know a little bit. I mean, it's not hard. It's just a little cumbersome. Right? Some copying and pasting. You might have to download, kind of a virtual, environment like Docker. So it's it's not super intuitive, but I think it's hey. To Anthropic's credit, they were the first. Right? We've heard rumblings from OpenAI coming out with their operator.

Jordan Wilson [00:29:37]:
We saw, you know, Google with originally what was codenamed Jarvis, now called Project Mariner. That's gonna be a Chrome extension that literally does the same thing. But I I I think, technically, Claude was the first, quote, unquote, big AI or tech company to have a working version of a programmable agent. It was clunky. It it didn't feel very intuitive. The the rate limits, like anything Claude, were absolutely terrible, but they were first. And it's, you know, even though y'all I'm giving this, and and let me know what you're giving it. Even though I'm giving it a d, doesn't mean it's bad.

Jordan Wilson [00:30:13]:
They made the list first. I should have tested my Claude artifact here. I wonder if I'm gonna run out of room. Hopefully not. Cal yeah. Kevin said it's a d. Robert Robert said it's a d. Jackie said it's a d.

Jordan Wilson [00:30:27]:
Nothing special. Luke said it's a c. George just said unfamiliar unfamiliar. Yeah. George, you didn't miss a ton if you haven't tried it yet. Alright. Let's keep going y'all. Let's keep going.

Jordan Wilson [00:30:39]:
8, Cursor AI. Cursor, it's an AI coding tool. Right? I'll say that. There's a lot of them, and a lot of them made my honorable mention list. And I think even in the last couple of weeks, a lot of these other kind of cursor, quote, unquote, competitors, have been getting a lot of love, a lot of attention. GitHub actually, made their tool free. So, Microsoft's GitHub is now free. You know, very similar.

Jordan Wilson [00:31:06]:
A lot of these are forked, you know, essentially forked versions of the same thing that have been modified. But I I would say cursor, was kind of they technically weren't first, but I think they were the first, kind of dedicated AI coding tool to go viral in 2024. Like I said, GitHub Copilot, Tab 9. So many of these other ones have been around longer, but I think it was the combination of, you know, they use outside tools. Right? So I think it was the combination of, some of these other tools like Claude 3.5 SONNET, the new version, you know, GPT 4 o. A lot of these other, large language models that these tools use got good enough at the right time, and they just had a good enough, you know, user interface and user experience. You can go in there with a tool like Cursor and create a fully functioning web app with a little back and forth even if you don't know how to code. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:31:57]:
There's a lot of other ones, Wind Surf, Lovable Dev. There's there's there's so many, But Cursor, I believe, is the only one that made our list. Live stream audience, what do you think? Daniel says Windsurfer should be an s. Windsurfer made, I believe, my honorable mention list. It did not make my top 24 list. I think Windsurfer, couple, you know, couple weeks or a month or 2 after, Cursor. And I do think for most use cases, I think for everyday people, Cursor is maybe a little bit better. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:32:32]:
So, let's jump in. Cursor. Where does cursor go? Alright. Cursor is going to be our first tool at the c level. Doesn't mean it's bad y'all. Doesn't mean it's bad. It's really good. It's amazing.

Jordan Wilson [00:32:46]:
If you wanna know the basics of coding, yeah, there's a lot of options. Wind Surf is it Wind Surf or Wind Surf? I forget. So many tools. I I've literally tested out probably, I don't know, 500 of them this year. Probably a lot more. So c c for cursor. Alright. Let's go.

Jordan Wilson [00:33:02]:
11 Labs conversational agents. Alright. So 11 Labs is probably one of the best, text to speech platforms. I I I've used this as a test. Right? I I did some testing in there. Pretty cool. Essentially, I think you can build drag and drop, kind of trees. Right? Essentially, you could route, you know, people on your website.

Jordan Wilson [00:33:24]:
You can use it for customer support, but you can have, essentially text to speech agents, and you can kind of create a visual flow that you, you know, you can even send it to different agents, and you can give these different agents, or different, kind of steps in your flow, different knowledge, Right? Which is huge. Right? So it's essentially uploading or connecting your knowledge base to, an AI text to speech platform. 11 Labs, I still think is probably the leader in this space, although they do have a lot of, competition from others. 11 Labs isn't new, but in 2024, conversational agents were their big, new feature. Alright. So where is this gonna go y'all? Ask a, b, c, or d. So 11 Labs conversational agents. We're going c tier.

Jordan Wilson [00:34:20]:
Alright. I'm just gonna I'm gonna shorten this. I'm gonna just say, 11 Labs agents. There we go. Bam. Seats here. Let's keep it going. We're gonna go fast and furious, y'all.

Jordan Wilson [00:34:31]:
I don't wanna keep you here for 2 hours. Google Gemini 2.0. This is again, Google was on freaking fire, in December. So many releases. OpenAI had their 12 days of OpenAI or 12 days of shipments. Google was just they they they woke up and silently chose violence. No marketing. No hype.

Jordan Wilson [00:34:52]:
They came out punch for punch, and I think, I'm not gonna say knock it out, but they went toe to toe with OpenAI, and I think in the end, Google had a better December. You know, I I had a hot take Tuesday, on on Google's 2024. I'd say they had the worst, you know, 3 years, for AI of all the companies except December. Google cleaned up and I think really turned it around, in Gemini 2 point o, its biggest updates. Right now, those are just the experimental versions. Those are not the final versions of Gemini 2.0 or Gemini 2.0 Flash, which if you're working, on the biz if you're a business leader, you you know, trying to connect something on the back end using their API, I mean, instantly Gemini 2.0 Flash is, something along with GPT 4 o Mini, maybe deep seek v 3, maybe, you know, Claude, 35 Haiku. Right? Some of these lower costs, very fast, very affordable, kind of large language models that you can build on the back end. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:35:55]:
Where is Gemini 2.0? I mean, here's the other thing. It's number 1 on the LM arena. Right? On the chatbot arena. So, it right now, technically, according to blind benchmarks. Right? Blind tests from users. You can put in a prompt, get 2 different responses, and then there's millions of votes. Right now, it is the top model. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:36:17]:
So, Gemini 2.0 gets an a from me. Me and Jackie are on the same page. And Brett, alright, if you haven't used it, it's fantastic. No. The versions right now are experimental. These aren't the final versions. Nofia says, I refuse to use it. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:36:38]:
Let me know why. You know, and, hey, I'm gonna I'm gonna feature some of our favorite comments or hot takes, in our newsletter. So if you want your, insights to be seen by tens of thousands of people, get your comments in now. I'm gonna pick my favorite, hot takes or, you you know, a a couple of them. So I wanna hear from you guys. Jay Jay Anke says Google Gemini is really powerful for small business owners. Absolutely. Gemini, a, Brian.

Jordan Wilson [00:37:07]:
Yeah. So you guys got it right. It's not right or wrong, but you guys agreed with me. Alright. Let's keep it going y'all. Google deep research. Alright. So I have mixed feelings.

Jordan Wilson [00:37:24]:
Alright. I will say this. You guys noticed perplexity did not make my list of top 24 AI tools or features. Number 1, they didn't release anything groundbreaking. I think a couple of their, incremental feature updates made my honorable mention list. Again, if you want access to that list, just go ahead and share, repost this. I'll send this over to you. I might also just include it in video form so I can give you a quick 5 minute hot take if you want that on each of those honorable mentions.

Jordan Wilson [00:37:56]:
Google deep research is both amazing and a little frustrating right now. So if you haven't used it, essentially, it's like perplexity. It is an answers engine. So it uses Google's cache of the web. Right? Because Google has the entire web cached. What that means is it saves essentially every web page in a huge database, and that's why it can work very quickly. So, you know, you can use something like perplexity or chat g p d search, Ask it for an answer from the Internet instead of going to 5, 10, 15, or 20 websites. Something like ChatGPT search or perplexity will just give you an answer by going to 10 to 20 of them and give you highlights with, sources.

Jordan Wilson [00:38:35]:
Gemini does that times 10. So with deep research, it's brand new. It's only been out for a couple of weeks. I did a dedicated episode on this. If you wanna know more, it's fantastic. So, it oftentimes goes 200 to 300, sources because it has it cached. It's slower, so it might take 2 to 3 minutes, but it will go and look in its cache of updated websites and literally go through 100 hundreds of web pages to give you answers. The one reason why I don't think I can make this an s right now is it's not super steerable, unfortunately, at least not yet.

Jordan Wilson [00:39:15]:
So I am gonna bring this up with with, you know, some of the people that I talked to at Google. So right now, unfortunately, even though it's powered by Gemini, you can't steer it a ton. Right? So you can't ask for certain outputs. You know, you can't, as an example, ask for, you know, bulleted lists. It's like, hey, I can't do that, which I get. So, unfortunately, right now, the output is just long paragraph forms, long paragraph form. Sometimes the output is a little too, generic. So if you wanna get super granular, very detailed on something, this is not the tool to use or the feature to use.

Jordan Wilson [00:39:52]:
But if you are doing general learning, and you've got a huge project and you're like, yo, I'm gonna spend, like, 10 hours because I did gotta do a bunch of research. Use Google deep research. It's fantastic. Right? So, like I said, if you're an expert in something already and you want to deepen your expertise, I don't necessarily think Google deep research is the tool for that. But for anything else, it's fantastic. Like I said, I wish it was more steerable. I wish you could have a little bit more fine tuned control of the outputs. Hopefully, you will be able to soon.

Jordan Wilson [00:40:20]:
It's not great at iterative prompting either. It's kind of like a one off, right? Because you literally give it an assignment, it confirms it with you. You click start research and then you check back in 2 to 5 minutes. I did actually have one go to 1300 web pages, Right? So it's essentially a web researching agent. You give it your task. It confirms it with you before it starts. You give it 2 to 3 minutes. You come back.

Jordan Wilson [00:40:45]:
You do have to be on a paid plan of Gemini, and I believe you can only have 2 concurrent chats going at the same time. Because at first, I'm like, yo, this is amazing. I'm gonna have a 100 of these going. You can't have a 100. Alright. Where does this make the list for you guys? Where where does this list go for you guys? Peter says s. Jackie says x. Kevin doesn't have, research access yet.

Jordan Wilson [00:41:09]:
Peter says b. Douglas says it's a sleeper. I agree with Doug. It is, for me, it was borderline, a s. So either s super the best or Google, or a second best. So it does get the, the a treatment right there. It was close. It was on the it was on the border.

Jordan Wilson [00:41:31]:
Alright. Hey, Jen. V 3 avatars. So, this was the only, in in Hey Jen just released their v 3 avatars, I believe, in November. So brands stinking new. It's only been out for a couple of weeks, but extremely impressive. Alright? There was some other AI avatar, companies that made the honorable or or features that made the honorable mention list, I believe. But, HN v 3 was the only one.

Jordan Wilson [00:41:54]:
Super realistic. The thing that I like, is it with text. Right? So you can do a a clone of yourself. They have, essentially AI avatars that, that, do, that you can have as a template. I I'd say there's about 3 companies, 3 to 4 companies that are kind of, you know, the quote unquote leaders in this space. And they all kind of go back and forth. And it depends on what you want. Right? But there's Synthesia.

Jordan Wilson [00:42:18]:
There's there's our one. There's, Hey, Jen. But with Hey, Jen V3, I I would have said it was a tighter race before this. But with v 3, I mean, HeyGen's in the lead now. So they are. So right now with text, you can tweak emotion, in the voice, in someone's face. Really cool. Some of the other platforms you can do this, but it's more of a drop down.

Jordan Wilson [00:42:42]:
But I think this new version, from HeyGen v 3, it's just a little bit better. So, have any of you guys use HeyGen? I'm curious. I mean, there's also other cool things you can do. You can translate things, live in other languages. But for me, HeyGen, it is our first b tier. How did we get through half the list and we didn't even get a a b tier tool yet? Alright. Let's keep it going. Actually, no.

Jordan Wilson [00:43:11]:
This is our recess. We are halfway through. I gotta get this going faster. I don't want this to turn into a 2 hour podcast. Alright. So, let me know if you haven't voted already. Go ahead and vote. I'm gonna do a people's choice.

Jordan Wilson [00:43:25]:
What is your top, AI tool or feature for 2024 live stream audience? I have the screen up one more time. If you didn't get it, if you joined halfway through, all you gotta do is drop the number. I'm not gonna reread them. Y'all can see. So I'm gonna give you about 10 more seconds. If you haven't voted already, we're gonna do our people's choice award. I'm gonna give you my top tool at the end. Yes.

Jordan Wilson [00:43:48]:
We are ranking them by tiers. If something's a d, doesn't mean it's bad. Right? Just FYI because that means they beat out thousands of other tools. Alright? This is just the top 24 tools, but this is for you. We're gonna put our people's choice award in our newsletter. 5 seconds. Go ahead. Get your vote in.

Jordan Wilson [00:44:06]:
Just put the number. Couple other people voting here. Alrighty then. Let's go. 14, Midjourney, v 6.1. I think 6.1, was a pretty big release. So if you haven't used Midjourney, I don't have time to go through what's new, but it's everything. It's so so a, Midjourney, I would say was one of the first most popular AI image generators.

Jordan Wilson [00:44:32]:
It is extremely flexible now. All right. So it just has more and more features, more and more things you can do for consistent characters, creating different screens. So when you talk about a video tools, which we're going to get to so many people start in midjourney. I love Google's imagine 3. I think that made my honorable mention list. It's really, really good, but I think MidJourney v 61, I think it's actually on v 63 or something like that. But I think v 61, was probably the the the biggest iteration of 2024 for Midjourney.

Jordan Wilson [00:45:04]:
So what do y'all think? Is that gonna be an a, b, c, d s? What do we think for Midjourney? Let me let's see. We got hey, Jorn oh, I went out of order. That's fine. Alright. So what did what did you all say? Luke says a. Daniel's loving Midjourney says s. LinkedIn user here says b a. B.

Jordan Wilson [00:45:31]:
Alright. Well, for me, it's a b. Alright. Our second b tool, Midjourney. Oh, I think I forgot to put one on my list. I'm a human. I make mistakes. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:45:42]:
We'll see if I got it later. Alright. Microsoft Copilot Studio Autonomous Agents. Y'all, I'm not gonna waste time. This isn't us. I don't care. I don't care what anyone says. If you haven't used this, if you haven't looked it up, my gosh.

Jordan Wilson [00:45:56]:
It was just, fully released. It was actually on my birthday. So, I was out at Microsoft Ignite. They invited me out there to go, see what was new. Microsoft Copilot Studio, autonomous agents. No code. You don't have to be an expert. You literally just go type in conversational tone.

Jordan Wilson [00:46:17]:
If you if your organization is a Microsoft 365 Copilot organization, so if you've rolled out Copilot to your entire organization, you need to start using Copilot Studio like yesterday. It's amazing. Like I said, it works with all of your dynamic data, which is the biggest difference between things like, you know, ChatGPT or Claude. You have to upload your files. Right? And this is autonomous agents. It can be triggered on anything. Hey. Every time I get this type of email, go check my SharePoint, go update, you know, go look in my Outlook, like, whatever.

Jordan Wilson [00:46:51]:
Right? Anything within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, you can literally no code. You can low code it too, but no code talking in natural language. You can literally build an agent that autonomously does all of these things. This is not up for discussion. I don't care. It is an s and it is not even close. Right? If you haven't used, Copilot Studio and Autonomous Agents, it is only our second s tool. I gotta I gotta, I'm gonna say Microsoft Copilot Studio, Autonomous Agents.

Jordan Wilson [00:47:26]:
This is gonna take up too much room. It's an s. Sorry. Y'all y'all should use it. Michelle says, hey, Jordan. Will you also share your audible mention list? If you go share this, go share this. Right? Sorry. Sometimes, you know, I I get so many DMs like, oh, Jordan, like, thank you so much.

Jordan Wilson [00:47:46]:
Like, this is so helpful. I'm always like, go go tell someone that. Alright. So if you go, repost this on, LinkedIn or Twitter, I'll I'll share that list with you guys. Alright. Let's get back to it. I'm gonna go a little faster here. 16, Copilot Vision.

Jordan Wilson [00:47:59]:
So, if you haven't used Copilot Vision, this is from Microsoft. You have to have a, paid Copilot Pro account. So that is $20 a month. I always I always get it confused. I'm sorry y'all. I gotta Google here. I always can like, is it Copilot Pro Plus? Some things are plus. Some things are pro.

Jordan Wilson [00:48:18]:
I get confused. So, yeah, Copilot Pro $20 a month, and you have to use this in Edge. So this is different. This is different than advanced voice mode, and I'm gonna be talking about Gemini live here in a second. So a lot of these use what's on your screen. Right? So, with Google as an example, you can share your screen with Gemini, but it only looks at your screen. With Copilot Vision, which is brand new, it doesn't work with every website. Right now, there's a very small list of websites.

Jordan Wilson [00:48:48]:
Otherwise, I would give it a higher score. But what it does is it can see everything on that web page, which is different than how a lot of these other quote, unquote live, you know, large language models can see and interact with your content. Right? So in most in many cases, it just takes a screenshot of what's on your screen. It essentially uploads it in the background to a large language model, kinda uses computer vision, and then it gets back to you. Copilot vision is different. So like I said, you have to be on Copilot Pro. You have to be using the Edge browser, and it is limited to just a a a dozen or a couple of dozens of websites right now. But it is freaking amazing.

Jordan Wilson [00:49:26]:
It does work with some popular websites like Amazon, like Target. I was actually trying to do an in AI in 5, a little YouTube tutorial, and for whatever reason, it wasn't recording the voice. And I tried, like, 3 different ways, So I don't know why, but extremely impressive because it can see everything, things that aren't even on your screen. So I do think and, again, when we talk about autonomous workflows, you know, that's that's huge. Right? Because it can see things that you can't even see and instantly analyze. Let's say you have, you know, a huge Amazon list or something on target. I think Williams Sonoma is another place. There's some, like, booking websites.

Jordan Wilson [00:50:03]:
Right? And you're like, oh, I'm trying to find something, you know, under 3 you know, let's say you're trying to find, like, a booking, you know, somewhere to stay. I forgot which site it works for. Right? You're like, I want something under $300, you know, with a nice view, you know, blah blah blah. Right? So versus having to scroll down and look at a list of 96 results, it'll do it for you. Have any of you guys used this, by the way? So Microsoft Copilot Vision. I know a lot of people haven't used it yet, but for me, it is c. The only reason it's c, to tell you the truth, is it's very limited right now where it can work and I wish that it was, that you could access it anywhere, but it's a little limited right now in terms of where you can access it. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:50:44]:
Notebooklm. What do you guys think? If you've listened to the show, you probably already know where I'm gonna put NotebookLM. But NotebookLM, it's pretty good. Have you guys used it? If not, I don't care. You can hang up on me right now if you're on the live stream. Thanks for sticking around for 15 minutes. Go ahead and hang up on me. Go use NotebookLM.

Jordan Wilson [00:51:02]:
It is it is literally out of the box. No code rag. Retrieval long minute generation. A state of the art model that is grounded. What that means is, like, you could upload a bunch of information about your company. Alright. And you could ask it something else. It only gives you answers or responses for what's in your uploaded documents.

Jordan Wilson [00:51:22]:
It is great for not just learning, but I think this is a simplified way to, like I said, get a state of the art, RAG, large language model powered by Google Gemini in seconds. No code. You can copy and paste. It can literally I did the math, and I'm like, yo, there's no way this is right. 50,000,000 words if you're on the paid plan. So So there is a free plan. There's a paid plan now that they just rolled out a couple of weeks ago. And the other feature, so y'all probably know it has this kind of deep dive audio overview.

Jordan Wilson [00:51:53]:
Right? So you can, you know, have, I don't know, 10,000,000 words from 50 different sources. You can click a button, and these 2 AI podcast hosts, are are gonna have a conversation about it. But now there is, which I think, and I did a a video review specifically on this if you wanna go see it. There's a new join live feature, which you have to have the paid play to get access to. You can literally at any point. Right? So it might make a 5 minute podcast. It might make a 20 minute podcast. At any point, you can click the join live button and ask questions, and the host will answer them.

Jordan Wilson [00:52:23]:
It is. Can we just have, like, a little bit of appreciation here for how uniquely amazing this is? Right? I'd say a year ago, I was getting kinda tired, of of everything in the AI space. Right? Because everything was kinda the same. Right? It's, oh, new models. Okay. Good. It's, you know, Gemini 2.156 or, you know, ChatGPT 4.02 right? It's okay. Fine.

Jordan Wilson [00:52:49]:
Right. Oh, another AI tool that, you know, is a ChatGPT writer. Oh, another AI image generation tool. When NotebookLM came out, it was, I think, probably the 2nd most unique AI tool ever made, ever, next to ChatGPT. Right? Because they kinda started the wave. So what do you guys think? I don't know. Okay. Jackie says, a, wish it had more flexibility.

Jordan Wilson [00:53:18]:
Kevin says, s, awesome tool. Dennis says, you need to be able to invite others. Well, now you can, Dennis. So if you are on the paid plan, a lot of people are confused like how do I get the paid plan? And that one it's called plus not pro. I don't know. Everyone else, can we just come up with something else aside from plus or pro? Or can we all get on the same page and say pro is 20 I I it's confusing because ChatGPT, pro is $200 a month, but, you know, Copilot Pro is $20 a month. And then plus from NotebookLM is 20. Right? So, you get access to, NotebookLM plus, if you are a or your organization is a, Google Gemini subscriber.

Jordan Wilson [00:53:59]:
So if you have the 20 I think it's either 20 or $30 a month for Google Gemini, advanced. So if you have that, you have access, and then you can share with anyone else in your organization who also has that same level of access. And you also get, I believe, at 6 times the limit. So instead of 50 sources, you get 300, and I think that's what takes you up to I think it's 50,000,000 words. This is why I'm like, y'all, companies 3 years ago were paying a $1,000,000 for something like this. And NotebookLM is better. It's better. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:54:30]:
So you might have guessed for me, NotebookLM, No doubt about it. S. It is our 3rd s tool. So so far, our our cream of the crop is advanced voice mode from ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Autonomous Agents, and NotebookLM from Google. It's so good. Alright. Couple more. OpenAI's o one pro.

Jordan Wilson [00:54:54]:
So this is the first reasoning model that was made publicly, available. So o one came out, I I believe, in September. So if you are brand new to large language models or maybe you're just an everyday user, you're not, you know, a power user, so essentially you have your quote unquote transformer models. That's what mostly everything has been, up until lately. So, you know, your whatever model you're saying, you know, meta 3.1 or, you know, GVT 4 0 or Claude 35. These are transformer models, right? So now you have this new tier or new breed of large language models. You know, there's no official name for them yet, but a lot of people call them reasoners. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [00:55:32]:
So, there's a essentially a prompting technique, and this is kind of what our prime prompt polish kind of teaches, but it's an iterative prompting technique. You know, it's chain of thought, you know, where you essentially steer a large language model with multiple kind of back and forths to go where you want it to go. That's what these, you know, reasoning models do, such as o one pro. I know Google Gemini has flash thinking, which didn't make the list, but it's still very, very good regardless. But o one pro, to me, this might be a shocker, and you do have to have that $200 a month. So it I get that this is the first like expensive AI tool, but I use 01 Pro every single day. It is by far, I think, the most impressive large language model. Yes, I know.

Jordan Wilson [00:56:25]:
The chatbot arena doesn't say so. The chatbot arena says, you know, it's Google's new Gemini 2 point o. But for me, it's an s. Alright. We have our 4th s with OpenAI's 01 Pro. Obviously, they announced 03, a couple of weeks ago. I don't believe anyone has access to it yet. They're probably gonna give it to, like, 5 people.

Jordan Wilson [00:56:46]:
Right? They couldn't do o two because of some naming rights. So they did already release 03, which is wild to me. So we'll see if that even becomes publicly available in 2025 because right now, one report showed that even single props cost like $1,000. But it was benchmarking, like, I mean, AGI levels. Like like, not even human levels. Right? But o one yeah. O one pro, so you if you have the $20 a month, you have access to o one, which is still a very good, very capable model on that $200 a month, pro plan. You do have access to o one pro, which is a special version of o one.

Jordan Wilson [00:57:25]:
Yeah. Douglas says s. Brian says s. LinkedIn user. Sorry. I can't see your name. Just a bunch of s's. Yeah, George.

Jordan Wilson [00:57:33]:
I know. I I think I missed, MetaLama 3.2. I'll get that. But you know what? I'll just do that one right now. So Meta Llama, it wasn't on my slide list y'all. I am a human, but we're gonna put Meta Llama 3.2 right there on our b list. So it's not truly open source, but it is a more open model that a lot of other companies have been using. And it's like y'all like to have a state of the art model that is not proprietary, that you can go and build on and, you know, fork and and use for your own purposes.

Jordan Wilson [00:58:06]:
That's wild. Right? So I was, Meadows Llama 3.2 was on that a b tier. I eventually, decided to put it on the b tier. I think if it would have came out with the big version so they only came out their small and medium version in terms of parameters. I think if they would have came out with their big version, which I'm guessing they should any day soon, I'm I'm guessing that would have been an a, but right now it's a b. Alright. Runway v 3. Runway v 3 AI video tool.

Jordan Wilson [00:58:35]:
It is impressive. So it's not the best outputs. Alright. But I do think at least right now, it is the most flexible video platform. I will say it is more like a creative studio than an AI video tool. Right? Like Sura, like Veo. So the outputs are definitely top. Right? Not number 1, but top.

Jordan Wilson [00:58:59]:
Right? Top tier outputs. But I do think Runway v 3, was one of only 3 AI video tools because I think this is gonna be the trending, category, one of the 3 trending categories in 2025. So I do have to, you know, definitely shout out Runway. It is very amazing. Live stream audience, what do you think? So I'm gonna put this runway v 3. What did everyone else say? Sometimes I just like to see. I know there's a little delay because I'm like, oh, am I giving it too much credit? Not enough credit? Runway v 3 gets a b. Very solid.

Jordan Wilson [00:59:41]:
Very solid. Alright. Couple more. We have our last, 5 tools. So, Sora. What do you guys think? This one this one, I went back and forth a lot on Sora. So Sora was the much hyped, much delayed. Right? I believe this was previewed in February of 2024, and it wasn't released to the public until December during OpenAI's 12 days of OpenAI.

Jordan Wilson [01:00:05]:
And for 2 days, at least, it was either 2 or 3 days, it was by far the best AI video model out there. So not not nearly as flexible as something like Runway, which has been around for multiple years. So they just have more features, and there is a little bit steeper of a learning curve with Runway. So it's a little, I think, easier to use, but it's less flexible at least right now. But there's so much hype around Sora, and there was a 9 month gap between when it was, announced versus when it was actually, released. But, Saura, what do you guys think? What's everyone say? Michael says c. Douglas says b. Kevin gave it a d.

Jordan Wilson [01:00:50]:
Jay Anna Key, or sorry if I'm if if I'm mispronouncing your name, says b. Jackie says a. Alright. So sore, Sora, it's going, it's going b. So good. It's great. Is it the best ever? No. Is it problematic sometimes? Sure.

Jordan Wilson [01:01:11]:
Doesn't quite understand physics yet. I don't think Runway does yet either. I think Runway understands physics a little bit better than Sora, at least right now. I don't know how long that will go because Sora has more users. Right? The more users and the more time, the better the platform comes because you're essentially training the models to get better. Right? So I don't think Runway has the user base. They've been around for longer, but, you know, Sora is, you know, ChatGPT is is the biggest, the biggest player out there. Right? Even bigger than than Google.

Jordan Wilson [01:01:44]:
Like, they have the market share. Right? They are the Google of search. OpenAI slash ChatGPT is the Google of search for AI. They have more users even when you look at, you know, Google. I I I know everyone, you know, kind of tweaks the definition of what a user is. Right? You know, I'm guessing Twitter slash croc is gonna be like, we have a 1,000,000,000 users. Right? It's like, no, you don't. No one uses it.

Jordan Wilson [01:02:07]:
Alright. Couple more tools. Stream real time from Google. So this is a little niche, so but I think it's still for everyday people. I already went on a big rant about how I think, Google and Gemini really stunk, for their go to market and made it hard for people to find things, but, this is good. So stream real time is you have to be inside Google's AI Studio, which I know it's primarily for developers, but it's not hard to use at all. So I still this still makes my list for everyday people. So this is essentially stream real time is one of the options within Google AI Studio, and you can, talk with Gemini Live.

Jordan Wilson [01:02:47]:
You can also do that, you know, now the Gemini app on iPhone or Android, you can talk to Gemini Live similar to advanced voice mode. I think a voice advanced mode from ChatGPT is a little better than Gemini Live. However, on the desktop version of Stream Real Time inside of AI Studio powered by Google Gemini's models, you can do, you can talk with, Google Gemini. You can share video in the same way that advanced voice mode can share videos. So you're working on something, you can share your video, share your screen. But then like I said, also share your screen. So it's really good. A little different than copilot pages, a little different than advanced voice mode.

Jordan Wilson [01:03:27]:
I wish it was on the front end of Gemini. Right? Gemini.google.com, but you do have to go into, Google AI Studio. Has anyone used this yet? Michael says it's an s. Interesting. Okay. Jenkoli says b. Alright. I don't know.

Jordan Wilson [01:03:44]:
To me, I did a review of this. I didn't which I wish there was a little bit more transparency because I I didn't know if you're actually using 2.0, Gemini 2.0. It it kind of has this heading that appears you are using Gemini 2.0 when you're using stream real time. It didn't feel like it to me. I did. I I did a couple reviews. I played around with it. Right? I as an example, I shared, you know, shared a landing page.

Jordan Wilson [01:04:11]:
I shared the everyday AI homepage. Right? And I'm like, oh, give me some tips. You know, how would you improve this? What do you see? Right? And it didn't do a great job. And I did this a couple of times with a couple of different, you know, use cases. So it did a good job of like, quote unquote, seeing what's on my screen. It did an okay job of being able to, you know, give me some insights, but it did not. When I asked for things very specifically in a very specific way or output, advanced voice mode from ChatGPT was much better. Microsoft Copilot Vision was much better.

Jordan Wilson [01:04:41]:
I don't know why. It seems like there's a slight disconnect between the quote, unquote vision capabilities and actually the model. So hopefully, you know, I don't know if it is actually using Gemini 2 point o because I would have expected a little bit more. However, you know, it makes the list. So just because I'm putting this as a d does not mean it is a bad tool because it still beat out thousands of other AI tools and features. Alright. Our last 3, Suno v 3, AI audio and song making program. Freaking fantastic.

Jordan Wilson [01:05:17]:
We have the CEO, on the show last year, Mikey on Valentine's Day. That was fun. Got to make a a little, you know, AI music thing for, my wife live in real time. And we kind of demoed their v 2. I think that was the first time the rest of the world saw a v 2. Now v 3, it's stupid. It is stupid. That's like a good like a good thing.

Jordan Wilson [01:05:45]:
Like, it is stupid good. I don't know what the cool kids say. I don't know. It's the bomb.com. No cap. I don't know what the kids say. It's freaking good. If you haven't used Suno v 3, highly encourage you to do so.

Jordan Wilson [01:05:59]:
I mean, you can even use v 2 because I think v 2 is is free and you can get a taste. Right? But you can make a song about anything, literally anything. With natural language, you can write your own lyrics. You can have Suno's AI do it. But v 3, it sometimes sounds realer than actual music. Right? It is so good. It is concerning. Right? Like, one of my predictions has always been, I think that we're all just gonna have in the future, we're not gonna be listening to human artists anymore.

Jordan Wilson [01:06:30]:
I don't think we are. Right? I think algorithms I I do think Spotify is, eventually going to acquire someone like Suno or someone like UDO. Right? And then, you know, based on all your, you know, listening history, you're just gonna get a 100, you know, AI generated songs that are gonna just hit you right where right where it counts. Right? You're gonna be like, what the freak? This is so me. Right? I think that's where we're going. Suno v 3. Has anyone used it? Michael says, c, okay. Jenkoli says, s for musicians and artists.

Jordan Wilson [01:07:08]:
Yeah. This is for everyday people, but I think that there's a lot of use cases for this for everyday people. So I'm gonna go Suno v 3. Wait. Is is there a Suno v 4? Oh my gosh. I I forgot. So Suno v 4 already came out. Maybe yes.

Jordan Wilson [01:07:26]:
Gosh. I'm sorry y'all. I meant to say v 4. I I do this too much. Pseudo v 4. We're gonna go sudo is there's so many versions of so many different things. It's a b. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [01:07:42]:
Last 2, Veo. Is it Veo or Veo? This is Google's AI video tool, which was released quote unquote released, about 2 to 3 days after OpenAI finally, revealed Sora. I don't know who is ultimately gonna get access, because there was Veo or Veo version 1 that was announced, like, 6 months ago that was still never released to the public. So to me, a little concerning. Right? If you have a v one of a tool and then you release a v 2, but you're like, yo. Like, v v one wasn't even released to the general public. Like, so what's up with that? But v o 2 or v o 2, it is far better than anything else out there. Right? Sora had the limelight for, like, 3 days, and everyone's like, oh my gosh.

Jordan Wilson [01:08:29]:
Look at Sora. It's so good. If you can get over the fact that Sora doesn't know physics, it's amazing. And then Google says, you know, hold hold my AI beer. And then it jeez. It's so good. V o two, v o two, whatever it's called, it is mind bogglingly good. It is better than Sora.

Jordan Wilson [01:08:48]:
It is better than Cling, one point 5, 1.6. It's better than Runway. It's better than Luma Labs. It's better than everyone, and it is not even close. It is not even close. So, Veo or Veo 2. Brian just says be nice. Be nice to get access to Veo.

Jordan Wilson [01:09:09]:
Yeah. I know you can go to, like, discord channels. I don't know. Something about doing this thing daily. I don't have a ton of time, to go be nice to people. I don't know. Maybe the Google people don't like me because sometimes I'm a little, little harsh. Alright.

Jordan Wilson [01:09:20]:
But where does it go? Where does it go? Where does VO go, guys? Is it is it an a? Is it a c? I'm going for VO. It is so freaking good. I'm going a. Alright. Almost s. That was another one. It was teetering between v. I I think if it was generally available, then anyone could use it.

Jordan Wilson [01:09:41]:
I would probably put it as an s. But who knows if this is even gonna get released because v o one didn't get released to the general public, so will v o 2? I don't know. Alright. Last but not least, and this is alphabetical order y'all. So it's not like there's some big reveal at the end. Zapier agents previously called Zapier Central. It amazing tool. So it does have a very familiar ChatGPT esque interface.

Jordan Wilson [01:10:06]:
So, this, I think, Zapier has been this, like, secret tool that the world's best marketers and advertisers have been literally reliant on for a decade. Right? I've been using Zapier for a decade. If you don't know what Zapier is, think of it as a very, it's much easier to use now. It is a marketing automation tool that you can literally automate like anything. Right? Because that's the thing with, you know, ChatGPT or, you know, Google Gemini. Right? You you can't really work in real time, with your data, with with other, platforms. Right? A lot of these AI tools are siloed. So Zapier breaks that down.

Jordan Wilson [01:10:46]:
Zapier, last I checked, I think it connects to almost 7,000 outside services. So, yeah, whether you're talking about, you know, if you're running meta ads or your your company's Mailchimp newsletter or your Power BI dashboard, whatever it is, Zapier connects to it. Right? So with the new Zapier agents or Zapier Central, it's literally like going into ChatGPT and building marketing automations that can run autonomously without having to know the details. Because, yes, Zapier is I won't say it's it's clunky. Right? But there's a learning curve. Not anymore. You can literally go if you can use natural language, if you can use ChatGPT. Yeah.

Jordan Wilson [01:11:24]:
You gotta be on a a paid plan, and, you know, it can get a little costly, if you need a lot out of it. But, Zapier agents, fantastic tool. Don't sleep on it. So where does this make it? On my list, our last one here, it is a detool. That doesn't mean it is bad y'all. That doesn't mean it's bad. It all it means is, hey, with all the other top tools, it's a d. Still beat out.

Jordan Wilson [01:11:52]:
It is still in the top 0.1% because there's thousands of garbage AI tools and feature updates that were released in 2024. But that's it. That's it, y'all. Alright. Let's quickly run this down our list. Our d tools top 24 tools features of 2024, only new releases. D. And and this is the top ones.

Jordan Wilson [01:12:16]:
Doesn't mean it's the best. These are just the most talked about ones. So, d, we have Apple Intelligence, Canva Magic Studio, ChatGPTsearch, Claude Computer Use, Stream Real Time From Google and Zapier agents. C, we have Cursor AI. We have 11Lab agents, Microsoft Copilot Vision. B, we have HeyGen v3 avatars, Midjourney v61, metal llama 32, runway v 3, Sora from ChatGPT, and Suno v 4. And then a these are these are almost almost the top of the top. It is Canvas from ChatGPT, Quad Artifacts, Gemini 2 point o, Google Deep Research, and Veo 2, and then RS, our top of the top.

Jordan Wilson [01:13:02]:
We had 4 of them. These are all tested, tried, and true. You can't go wrong using these. Ready? Invoice Vance Mode from ChatGPT. I think this is the future of how we interact with AI. Microsoft Copilot Studio autonomous agents. My goodness. So freaking good.

Jordan Wilson [01:13:22]:
Then we have NotebookLM from Google and OpenAI's 01 Pro. Alright. As we wrap it up, y'all, I'm going to announce what I think is my AI tool or feature of the year. Go ahead. Get your one vote in now if you haven't already. I'm gonna go ahead and bring up that screen, here one more time. What is your top AI tool of the year? Go ahead and get your number in. I'm gonna get our people's choice award in the newsletter.

Jordan Wilson [01:13:52]:
I'm gonna go ahead and say what mine is. Imaginary drum roll. That was bad. NotebookLM. NotebookLM. And I will say as much as I love, Microsoft Copilot's, Copilot Studio autonomous agents, advanced voice mode from ChatGPT, o one pro, from open AI, NotebookLM takes it because I think one of the biggest problems through the first two years of quote, unquote, generative AI is trust and transparency. Everyone's like, yo. Like, I we wanna use large language models, but they're hard to control and we can't, you you know, we we we don't have any control over the guardrails and, you know, there's hallucinations.

Jordan Wilson [01:14:34]:
NotebookLM is mind bogglingly good. It only uses your data that you upload. If you're on the paid plan, I think it takes like 50,000,000 words, which is nuts. Right? You can upload audio files, YouTube videos, blog posts, copy and paste, Google Slides, Google Docs. Right? It's even if you're not a Google organization, you can just copy and paste everything in or upload your files in, and it only uses that. It is a grounded state of the art rag model that requires 0 expertise. That is wild, y'all. Companies were literally paying 1,000,000 of dollars for this in, like, 2021, 2022, 2023.

Jordan Wilson [01:15:16]:
Now it's available. Literally, a lot of these features are available for free. If your if if your, organization is on the, Gemini the paid Gemini version, it's it's insane. So, yeah, you can you can share it. It brings you up to a 300 source limit. It is by far, I think, the top AI tool or feature of 2024. It is a, paradigm shift, I think, in how we should be using and looking at large language models. Right? So thank you all.

Jordan Wilson [01:15:49]:
There is our final list if you wanna check it out one more time there. So that's it. That is our top AI tools and features of 2024. I hope this was helpful. Like I said, we have an honorable mentions list. If if you benefit from the show, I don't know, I woke up at 4:45 this morning to finish this list because I've been working on it for the better part of 6 months. If you find value from everyday AI, takes you, like, 30 seconds to click that. Not even 30 seconds.

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Jordan Wilson [01:16:41]:
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