Resources
GenAI Tools List
Microsoft 365 Copilot — signed-in with your NHS or university account for enterprise data protection.
Perplexity, Consensus, Elicit & Scite — citation-linked search engines that reduce fabricated references.
Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen & Mistral — run locally via Ollama or LM Studio when exploring offline architectures.
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Text Generation (LLMs)
Commercial Models
| Tool | Creator | Model | Cost | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | OpenAI | GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6 Sol (paid); GPT-6 Luna (free) | Freemium | Professional knowledge work, deep reasoning, coding (Codex). |
| Claude | Anthropic | Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5.1 (paid); Claude Sonnet 5.5 (free) | Freemium | Complex reasoning, coding, agentic tasks. Best-in-class for software. |
| Gemini | Gemini 4 Argon, Gemini 3.8 Flash | Freemium | Multimodal (text+images), Google Workspace integration, vibe coding. | |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft | Several (OpenAI and Anthropic models, set by your organisation) | Included with many work and education licences | Microsoft 365 integration, enterprise data protection. Many NHS staff in England have it through work: NHS England's rollout covers about 505,000 staff. |
| Perplexity | Perplexity AI | Sonar Pro | Freemium | Web search with citations, research queries. |
Model names come from the toolkit's model registry and update automatically. See the full list, with where to get each model and notes for UK educators, on Tool Comparison.
Open-Source Models 🆓
For institutions concerned about data privacy or those wanting to self-host, these open-source models offer powerful alternatives:
- MetaNew
Muse Spark Open
Where to get it Downloadable weights (Muse Model License, limited commercial terms) via Hugging Face, Amazon SageMaker, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry
Meta's newest open-weights model. Check the licence terms before any institutional use.
- Mistral AI
Mistral Medium 3.5
Where to get it Mistral API; open weights
- DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Where to get it DeepSeek app and API; open weights (MIT licence)
DeepSeek's own app and API process data in China: never use them with patient, student or staff personal data. Self-hosted weights avoid this.
- Google
Gemma 4
Where to get it Downloadable weights (Apache 2.0); smaller sizes run locally on a laptop
- Alibaba (Qwen)
Qwen 3.6
Where to get it Downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
Research & Evidence
| Tool | Function | Cost | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | "Answer Engine" | Freemium | Searching the web with citations. |
| Consensus | AI Search | Freemium | "What does the research say?" (Searches over 200 million papers.) |
| Elicit | Research Assistant | Freemium | Extracting data from papers into a table. |
| Scite | Citation Checker | Paid | Checking if a paper has been supported or contrasted. |
Image & Multimedia
| Tool | Function | Cost | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midjourney | Image Gen | Paid | High-fidelity artistic images. |
| ChatGPT Images | Image Gen | Freemium (via ChatGPT) | Easy conversational image generation, using GPT Image 2.5. Replaced DALL-E, which OpenAI retired in May 2026. |
| Adobe Firefly | Image Gen | Freemium | Ethically trained on Adobe stock (safe for copyright). |
| Ideogram | Image Gen | Freemium | Best for text rendering in images. |
| ElevenLabs | Voice Gen | Freemium | Text-to-Speech for podcasts. |
| Suno | Music Gen | Freemium | AI-generated music and songs. |