Futurist Bernard Marr recently boldly claimed on the Business Leader Podcast that'every single company on the planet will be an AI one in the future'. It's hard to know for sure if that will be the case, but it is certainly true that artificial intelligence is being used by more and more businesses to try to give them a cutting edge when it comes to productivity and output. In this article, we explore how companies are utilising this technology and what real-world impact it is having. The most common assumption when people talk about AI and machine learning is that jobs will end up being replaced by this technology and somehow people will end up being usurped or undermined by artificial intelligence. Andrew Tsonchev, VP of Technology at Darktrace, believes that whilst the technology is exciting, its outcomes are a little less apocalyptic. Darktrace were one of the early adopters in their sector and use AI to detect cyber security threats.