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Level 1 of 4 · Getting Started
AI Tools & Features
An introduction to AI tools, common features, and choosing an appropriate tool for your task.
About 90 minutes
By the end of this level you should be able to
- Distinguish providers, models, applications, features, and accounts
- Recognize the main categories of AI tools and what each is for
- Choose a tool by starting from the task rather than the product
Lessons in this level
Lesson 1 of 6
The AI Tool Landscape
The main kinds of AI tools, and how providers, models, applications, features, and accounts differ.
About 15 minutesLesson 2 of 6
General-Purpose AI Assistants
What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and the Stanford AI Playground offer, and what common assistant features mean.
About 15 minutesLesson 3 of 6
Research and Source-Grounded AI
Web lookup, research modes, source notebooks, and AI in legal databases, and how to tell a tool's access from its answer's support.
About 15 minutesLesson 4 of 6
Files, Documents, Data, and Media
The kinds of files, data, and media AI systems can work with, and the operations they can perform on them.
About 15 minutesLesson 5 of 6
Legal AI at Stanford Law School
The legal AI tools available at SLS, what each is designed to do, and where to find access and training.
About 15 minutesLesson 6 of 6
Choosing Tools and Building Your AI Stack
Starting from the task rather than the product when choosing AI tools and assembling your own set of them.
About 15 minutes