Trending AI Tools of 2025
Listing the top AI tools across operations, tasks and interfaces. Mid-2025 comprehensive list.
How should we best think of the coolest AI tools in mid 2025?
of Why Try AI and of Artificial Ignorance have a lot of experience with successful rundown Newsletters, packed with tangible insights and varied utility of applying AI.Why Try AI
Artificial Ignorance
Notable Articles
The latest from the GPT-5 rollout and recent AI News:
AI Roundup 131: GPT-5's rocky rollout (Charlie)
AI Catch-Up: GPT-5 vs. Everything Else (Daniel)
GPT-5: The Reverse DeepSeek Moment (Zvi)
OpenAI’s Waterloo? [with corrections] (Marcus)
The GPT-5 Reckoning gives momentum to Anthropic, Google and Qwen
I’m not going to lie, the OpenAI antics of the latest model launch pushes talent and consumer attention to competitors [and more funding].
AI Rundowns aren’t Dead 😵
AI rundown Newsletters are incredibly valuable to keep track of what’s going on in the least amount of time possible. Recently major beehiiv Newsletters switched over to Substack to do just that too:
Daniel’s Bio:
Daniel’s Why Try AI newsletter focuses on practical guides to AI for non-techies. He demystifies generative AI for the average person via humorous, beginner-friendly takes without hype. In addition to large language models, Daniel loves experimenting with creative GenAI tools like image generation, AI video, AI music platforms, and so on.
Charlie Bio:
Charlie Guo writes Artificial Ignorance, covering news, analysis, and deep dives at the intersection of AI and software. After graduating from Stanford in Computer Science, he founded a YCombinator-backed startup and authored the book Unscalable, featuring stories from prominent tech founders on "doing things that don't scale."
How this collab became possible:
Two of my favorite people doing AI publications: 🙏
0:41 - what’s in this deep dive?
Identifying the top AI Tools
Identifying the top AI tools means doing a rundown across interfaces capabilities including chatbots, reasoning models, research tools, coding, browser agents, image, video, music, voice and 3D Generation. This is a fairly comprehensive look into this topic, accurate for the summer of 2025.
Relevant Tool Explorations
Charlie and Daniel think a lot each week about the best AI tools for specific tasks. Daniel’s Sunday content is getting more valuable as the quality of AI News begins to diminish elsewhere on the whole:
Here Are My Go-To AI Tools
The Chatbot Trap
SEO for AI: A look at Generative Engine Optimization
Charlie remains one of the most lucid and clear thinkers around AI’s utility with original and nuanced framing of what’s going on.
Recommended Reading
Daniel’s wit and Charlie’s agility of explanation aren’t just easy paths to AI learning, they entertain too.
No-Prompt Prompting? So Lazy, It Just Might Work!
LLMs are getting dumber and we have no idea why
AI Is Simple. Just Ask the Experts.
If you are unwilling to pay for this sweeping tour of AI in modalities of 2025, this can be a fair replacement:
I’m also obsessed with how a few others cover AI in their notes:
This article distills what Charlie and Daniel have learned about AI tools for the past few years and actually offers up a few AI tools off the beaten track that are perfect for AI Enthusiasts. I think you’ll find a lot of value in it! You might even want to Bookmarket it. 👀
The Coolest AI Tools of 2025 (So Far)
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