5 best AI apps and services for business in 2018

Using artificial intelligence in your own business may seem daunting, but an ever-growing range of solutions makes it easy to achieve a tangible benefit. Here are five of our favorite AI-enabled apps and services for 2018. Artificial intelligence (AI) permeates many of the apps and services we use on a daily basis, fulfilling roles from image classification to algorithmic trading strategy to predictive maintenance. We've already written about the 2018 AI trends we expect will dominate, but what does this mean for businesses? Sure, many of us only hear about AI when a robot passes a major national medical exam, but the more pedestrian use cases serve real function for businesses, including those at the small-business level.