Seven uses of AI and machine learning in business

Jordi Escale, CIO of the Government of Catalonia, says that while AI plans are at currently in their early stages - and is consulting with IBM on potential projects - there are a number of ways the technology can be used for public sector firms. "We start thinking about the impact in the services in the government like traffic control and autonomous vehicles," he says. This includes real-time facial image recognition and number plate recognition for the police. "Then there is health, supporting the doctor for knowledge by tapping all of this unstructured data," he adds.