Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage right now and there is little chance of it dying down anytime soon. We all have knowingly or unknowingly incorporated artificial intelligence into our day-to-day activities like communication, transportation, and operations. In this article, we shall talk about the 5 trending Artificial Intelligence technologies in the year of 2018. For the uninitiated, Artificial Intelligence is the science of developing machines to interact like humans. This paper by Stanford describes the AI technology as "the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior" or'an agent's ability to achieve goals in a wide range of environments".