Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly taking over every aspect of life. There are AI helpers to organize your email, plus AI tools that assist with job recruitment. You can – allegedly – also use AI to track your time every day. Can they help you get more done, too? I set out to answer that question but ran into some difficulties.

Those worried that the rise of artificial intelligence means that robots will take their job might feel comforted by the fact that many AI tools are actually being designed not to replace humans, but to help them do their jobs better. Though the field is still in its infancy, many young startups came to Europe's largest tech conference, Web Summit, last week to showcase how their AI tools are working to make people more efficient and productive, in both their personal and professional lives. Here are a few that stood out. Does it feel like you've never got enough time for the things you really want to do in life? Paris-based AI startup Smarter Time is helping its 80,000 users find the time that always seems to be missing by tracking their habits and providing feedback.