5 Example How AI Is Already Used in Our Everyday Life

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Open your phone with face IDOne of the first things many people do each morning is to reach for their smartphones. And,when your device gets unlocked using biometrics such as with face ID, it's using artificialintelligence to enable that functionality. Apple’s FaceID can see in 3D. It lights up your faceand places 30,000 invisible infrared dots on it and captures an image. It then uses machinelearning algorithms to compare the scan of your face with what it has stored about your faceto determine if the person trying to unlock the phone is you or not. Apple states the chanceof fooling FaceID is one in a million.

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Social mediaAfter unlocking their phones, what's next? Many people check out their social mediaaccounts, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more, to get updated on whathappened overnight. Not only is artificial intelligence working behind the scenes topersonalize what you see on your feeds (because it's learned what types of posts mostresonate with you based on past history), it's figuring out friend suggestions, identifying andfiltering out fake news and machine learning is working to prevent cyberbullying.

3. Send an email or messageEvery day most of us will send an email (or several). Tools such as Grammarly and spellcheck activate when you compose your email to help you draft messages free from errors.These tools use artificial intelligence and natural language processing. On the receiving endof your messages, spam filters use artificial intelligence to either block emails that aresuspected as spam or identify an email as something your recipient would like to receive intheir inbox. Anti-virus software uses machine learning as well to protect your email account.

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Google searchMost of us can’t go a day without searching Google for an answer or a product we can’t livewithout. Search engines couldn’t scan the entire internet and deliver what you want withoutthe assistance of artificial intelligence. Those ads that seem to follow you around? Yep,those are enabled by AI, are based on your search history and are personalized to you withthe goal of getting items in front of you that the algorithms believe you will value.

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Digital voice assistantsFrom getting directions to your lunch spot to inquiring about the weather for your weekendgetaway, digital voice assistants are quickly becoming our can’t-live-without co-pilots throughlife. These tools from Siri and Alexa to Google Home and Cortana, use natural languageprocessing and generators driven by AI to return answers to you.