What is Artificial Intelligence?

Written by Dr. Christine Izuakor for Veriato, a cybersecurity company Artificial intelligence (AI) is used all around us and if you've used some sort of voice activated technology to make your life easier, then there was likely some element of AI involved. Some of the most notable examples include Siri, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Tesla semi-autonomous vehicles. Individual consumers no longer have to fumble around in the dark to flip the light switch at home, manually search playlists for songs, or type in a password to get into smartphones. Similarly, businesses can now analyze millions of data records and find trends that can help them predict things like when their assets may require maintenance or what purchasing decisions customers are likely to make. Thanks to AI, there are automation and optimization solutions for almost everything – including some of our most significant technical challenges.