Practice in generative AI¶
This page provides mainly links to resources and examples related to generative AI. It is meant to be a starting point for students who want to explore the field of generative AI and get hands-on experience with different tools and platforms. The lists are neither copmlete nor necessarily up-to-date.
Last update: 2026-03-15
Leading private labs¶
(in alphabetical order)
| Name | Country | Wikipedia | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud | China | wikipedia | Alibaba Cloud |
| Anthropic | USA | wikipedia | Anthropic |
| Black Forest Labs | Germany | wikipedia | Black Forest Labs |
| DeepSeek | China | wikipedia | DeepSeek |
| Google AI | USA | wikipedia | Google AI |
| Google Deepmind | UK | wikipedia | Google Deepmind |
| Meta AI | USA | wikipedia | Meta AI |
| Microsoft AI | USA | wikipedia | Microsoft AI |
| Microsoft Research | USA | wikipedia | Microsoft Research |
| Midjourney | USA | wikipedia | Midjourney |
| Mistral AI | France | wikipedia | Mistral AI |
| NVIDIA | USA | wikipedia | NVIDIA |
| OpenAI | USA | wikipedia | OpenAI |
| Runway | USA | wikipedia | Runway |
| Sakana AI | Japan | wikipedia | Sakana AI |
| xAI | USA | wikipedia | xAI |
| Z.ai | China | wikipedia | Z.ai |
Check out this list for more companies in the field of AI in general. The list above is focused on companies that are active in the field of generative AI.
Tools and platforms¶
- Hugging Face: Hugging Face
- Arena: Arena
- Ollama: Ollama
- Google AI Studio: Google AI Studio
- LM Studio: LM Studio
- MLX-LM: MLX-LM, Python package to run LLMs locally on Apple silicon devices.
Example projects¶
- Mikebot 3000 by Computerphile (University of Nottingham): YouTube video, code
- Das Podcast Ufo Experiment, RHET AI, University of Tübingen: blog