AI & ML Resources

🧰 Essential AI & ML Resources

A curated collection of tools, platforms, and resources for AI/ML practitioners.

🤖 Large Language Models

Open Source Models

Model	Provider	Description	License
Llama 3	Meta	State-of-the-art open LLM family	Custom Open
Mistral	Mistral AI	Efficient, high-performance models	Apache 2.0
Gemma	Google	Lightweight, powerful models	Custom Open
Phi-3	Microsoft	Small but capable models	MIT
Qwen	Alibaba	Multilingual LLM family	Custom Open

Running LLMs Locally

Tool	Description	Best For
Ollama	One-command LLM runner	Quick local inference
llama.cpp	C++ LLM inference	Maximum performance
LM Studio	GUI for local LLMs	Desktop users
LocalAI	OpenAI-compatible local API	Self-hosting
vLLM	High-throughput serving	Production workloads

API Providers

Provider	Models	Pricing
OpenAI	GPT-4, GPT-4o, DALL-E 3	Pay per token
Anthropic	Claude 3, Claude 3.5	Pay per token
Google AI	Gemini Pro, Ultra	Free tier + paid
Groq	Fast inference	Free tier available
Together AI	Open source models	Pay per token

🖼️ Image Generation

Models & Tools

Tool	Type	Description
Stable Diffusion XL	Model	High-quality open source image gen
FLUX.1	Model	State-of-the-art text-to-image
ComfyUI	Interface	Node-based workflow for SD
AUTOMATIC1111	Interface	Feature-rich WebUI for SD
Fooocus	Interface	Simple, Midjourney-like experience

Hosted Services

Midjourney – Premium image generation via Discord
DALL-E 3 – OpenAI's image generation API
Leonardo.ai – AI art platform with fine-tuning
Ideogram – Excellent text rendering in images
Adobe Firefly – Creative AI for designers

🛠️ Development Frameworks

ML/Deep Learning

Framework	Language	Best For
PyTorch	Python	Research, flexibility
TensorFlow	Python	Production, mobile
JAX	Python	High-performance research
Keras	Python	Simplicity, prototyping
scikit-learn	Python	Classical ML

LLM Development

Framework	Description
LangChain	Build LLM applications
LlamaIndex	Data framework for LLMs
Haystack	NLP pipelines
Semantic Kernel	Microsoft's LLM framework
AutoGen	Multi-agent conversations

📊 Data & Datasets

Dataset Sources

Hugging Face Datasets – Largest ML dataset hub
Kaggle Datasets – Community-contributed datasets
Google Dataset Search – Search engine for datasets
Papers With Code Datasets – Research-focused datasets
Common Crawl – Web crawl data

Vector Databases

Database	Description
Pinecone	Managed vector database
Weaviate	Open-source, feature-rich
Qdrant	High-performance, Rust-based
Chroma	Simple, embedded option
Milvus	Scalable, enterprise-ready

☁️ Cloud ML Platforms

Platform	Strengths
AWS SageMaker	Full ML lifecycle, scale
Google Vertex AI	Integrated with GCP, AutoML
Azure ML	Enterprise features
Hugging Face Spaces	Free GPU for demos
Modal	Serverless GPU compute
Replicate	Run models via API

📖 Research & Papers

Finding Papers

arXiv – Pre-print server (cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.CL)
Papers With Code – Papers + implementations
Semantic Scholar – AI-powered paper search
Connected Papers – Visualize paper relationships
ar5iv – arXiv papers as HTML

Staying Updated

AI News – Daily AI news digest
The Batch – Andrew Ng's newsletter
Import AI – Weekly AI developments
Last Week in AI – Weekly roundup podcast

🔧 Developer Tools

Experimentation

Tool	Purpose
Weights & Biases	Experiment tracking
MLflow	Open-source MLOps
Jupyter	Interactive notebooks
VS Code + Copilot	AI-assisted coding

Deployment

Tool	Purpose
BentoML	ML model serving
Ray Serve	Scalable model serving
Gradio	Quick ML web interfaces
Streamlit	Data app framework

🏢 AI Companies to Follow

Research Labs

OpenAI – GPT, DALL-E, Sora
Anthropic – Claude, AI safety
DeepMind – AlphaFold, Gemini
Meta AI – Llama, open research

Open Source Leaders

Hugging Face – ML hub & transformers
Stability AI – Stable Diffusion
Mistral AI – Efficient open models

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