BoodleBox’s Guide to GenAI Models & Bots
Here’s a comprehensive guide to the top AI models and GenAI goodness in BoodleBox (and beyond). Whether you’re a student or a business professional, our powerful AI tools will transform the way you work.
General Purpose Foundation Models.
Your do it all conversational AI assistants. They are all limited to the knowledge they were trained with, which often has a data cut off.
ChatGPT-4.1 is the most advanced publicly available language model from OpenAI, known for its remarkable ability to understand context and generate human-like text across an incredibly wide range of topics and tasks. Use ChatGPT-4.1 when you want an analysis, a second opinion, and/or something in nice formatting.
Other OpenAI models available: ChatGPT-4o, ChatGPT-4o-mini, ChatGPT-o3, ChatGPT-o3-mini, ChatGPT-o4-mini
Claude-3.7-Sonnet is the celebrated AI assistant from Anthropic that stands out for its strong ethical reasoning, ability to understand and follow complex instructions, and maintain coherent long-form conversations. Use Sonnet for generating ideas, first drafts of content, and when you want more nuance.
Other Anthropic models available: Claude-3.5-Sonnet, Claude-3.5-Haiku, Claude-3-Sonnet, Claude-3-Opus
Gemini-2.5-Pro is Google’s most powerful AI model that is known for its ability to process and produce large amounts of content in its context window. Use Gemini when it’s time to “go big or go home” with large amounts of information.
Other Gemini models available: Gemini-2.0-Flash, Gemini-1.5-Pro
Llama-3.3 is Meta’s advanced open-source language model notable for its efficiency, accuracy, and adaptability. in generating human-like text based on the input provided. Use Llama 3.3 for versatile text generation with the reliability of Meta’s open-source approach.
Other Llama models available: Llama-4-Maverick, Llama-4-Scout
Pi is Inflection’s conversational model that is fine-tuned to be more friendly and personal than other models. Pi is designed to be supportive, smart, and there for you anytime. Use Pi when you want AI that feels like a friend. Perfect for when you need smarts and heart.
Codestral is Mistral’s specialized coding-focused language model that excels at understanding, generating, and debugging code across multiple programming languages. Use Codestral for programming assistance, code optimization, and technical problem-solving.
Other Mistral models available: Mistral-Large, Pixtral
Nova-Pro is Amazon’s versatile foundation model designed to handle a wide range of tasks with strong reasoning capabilities. Use Nova Pro for balanced performance across various applications requiring both creativity and analytical thinking.
Other Amazon models available: Nova-Micro, Nova-Lite
Web-enabled research bots.
The bots you turn to when you want to find relevant, real-time information from the internet.
Perplexity is Perplexity’s innovative AI-powered search engine that goes beyond traditional search by providing fast, detailed, citation-backed answers synthesized from multiple sources. Use Perplexity when you need real-time information or research. When you want to fact-check information, end with Perplexity. Note: click the “globe” icon to see citations.
Bing is a sophisticated search assistant that leverages Microsoft’s Bing search engine, known for its ability to provide up-to-date information and a comprehensive and contextually aware search experience. Use Bing Bot when you have time and want more detailed web search results.
Google is an advanced search tool that taps into Google‘s vast index of the web to provide highly relevant and diverse results. Use Google Bot when you have time and want to see more diverse search results.
Cohere is Cohere’s versatile AI-powered language model that excels in creating tailored chatbots and generating high-quality text content. Use Cohere Bot when you need tailored conversational AI and content generation solutions.
Bots for Research.
Perplexity. See above. Use Perplexity to start your research.
Semantic Scholar is a research assistant powered by Semantic Scholar API that searches 214 million scientific papers from 79 million authors and provides intelligent insights into research trends, citation networks, and interdisciplinary connections. Use Semantic Scholar when you want to do academic, scholarly research and need sources and citations.
Text to Image Generators.
Flux-1.1-Pro is Black Forest Labs’ state-of-the-art image generator that stands out for its ability to create high-quality images from textual descriptions, offering unparalleled detail, prompt adherence, and style diversity. Use Flux 1.1 Pro when you need rapid, high-quality image generation with precise control over visual elements and text rendering.
Other Flux models available: Flux-Pro
SD-3.5 is Stable Diffusion’s most popular open-source image generation model known for its speed, image quality, and enhanced control over the output. Use SD 3.5 when you’re not sure what you want to create and need to iterate quickly.
Other Stable Diffusion models available: SD-Ultra, SDXL
Dall-E-3 is OpenAI’s cutting-edge image generation system that stands out for its ability to understand and accurately render complex scenes, artistic styles, and abstract concepts from textual descriptions.
Use DALLE3 when you know what you want to create and can provide a detailed, specific description.
Ideogram V3 is Ideogram’s innovative AI image generator that excels in creating images with accurate and legible text integration. Use Ideogram V3 when you need images containing readable text elements.
Other Ideogram models available: Ideogram V2
Imagen 3.0 is Google DeepMind’s latest image generation system designed to create highly detailed and contextually accurate images. Use Imagen 3.0 when you need photorealistic images with strong adherence to prompts.
Bots for When You Need a Hand.
HelpBot helps users navigate the BoodleBox platform, recommends specific AI models and assistants to solve specific problems, and provides guidance on how generative AI can be effectively used for various tasks and use cases. Use HelpBot if you have a question about GenAI in general or BoodleBox in particular.
PromptBot helps users craft effective prompts to guide other AI models in generating desired outputs and explains its rationale. Use PromptBot when you want your prompt to be “chef’s kiss.”
