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By: Keertana Setti

Spotify has revolutionised music streaming in ways that Pandora and other apps haven't yet managed to match. Spotify develops a thorough understanding of its consumers in order to provide a wholly customised experience that keeps its users interested. Utilising information about the kind of music people listen to in order to provide recommendations that match the user's preferences is one of the unique ways that Spotify continues to please users. For instance, each user of Spotify receives a fresh "Discover Weekly" playlist every week that features unheard songs in their preferred genres. By providing consumers with the ideal platform to do this, Spotify keeps customers coming back to it on a frequent basis to discover more music. Another personalisation example by Spotify is, The Only You Campaign. Each user sees content about their favourite artists and potential new favourites that is personalised for them. Users receive the right level of personalisation from the Only You campaign because of the data-driven design that prevents them from feeling as like their privacy is being violated by the app. Spotify is still at the forefront of app customisation on both mobile and desktop platforms, as evident by their Only You campaign and other initiatives.

By: Prisha

Doctors can detect people’s faces using a smartphone app which is powered by Artificial Intelligence, which is more accurate than doctors. It creates a list of ten genetic mutations which a patient may have which is not easy for doctors to recognise. The app was created by US Biotech company Facial Dysmorphology Novel Analysis (FDNA). It can identify rare genetic disorders using photos of people’s faces.  It detects the shape of the patient’s face, eyes, nose and mouth to pinpoint recognisable characteristics and patterns in facial photos of patients to determine a possible set of rare genetic disorders.

By: Bhargav

More than 1 billion hours of video are seen on YouTube every single month by nearly 1.9 billion viewers. On the site, producers submit 300 hours of content per minute. It makes sense for YouTube to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline operations given the volume of users, activity, and information on the platform. Here are a few instances of artificial intelligence in action on Google-owned YouTube:-

Automatically remove objectionable content

New effects on videos

“Up Next” feature

By: Preet Verma

Don't you get annoyed when you have no clue what the song stuck in your head is? Well no need to stress! because, in October, Google Search unveiled a brand-new feature called Hum to Search that allowed users to find music by just humming them. This method, in contrast to others, directly extracts a melody from a song's spectrogram without first producing an intermediate representation. With no need for a MIDI or hummed version of each track, the model can now match the melody of a hummed song to the original (polyphonic) recordings. With the help of this technique, the Hum to Search database is much simplified and can be updated on a constant basis with embeddings of original recordings from all around the world, including the most recent releases. Quit stressing and getting distracted by that one song and find out what it is! This convenient app is at your fingertips as you can just click the microphone icon located at the side of the search bar. You can ask, “hey google what’s this song?” This artificial intelligence component is one that everyone will find useful!

By: Shubh Puranik

Hanson Robotics, a Hong Kong-based business, created Sophia, a social humanoid robot. After being activated on February 14, 2016, Sophia debuted in front of the general public at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, USA, in the middle of March. Sophia has been featured in numerous high-profile interviews and has been covered by media outlets all around the world. Sophia received Saudi citizenship in October 2017, making her the first robot to have citizenship in any nation. Sophia became the first non-human recipient of a United Nations title when she was designated the organisation's first Innovation Champion in November 2017. Sophia was first activated on February 14, 2016. The robot, modelled after the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, Audrey Hepburn, and its innovator's woman , Amanda Hanson, is known for its human-like appearance and behaviour compared to former robotic variants. As of 2018, Sophia's architecture includes scripting software, a chat system, and OpenCog, an AI system designed for general logic. Sophia imitates mortal gestures and facial expressions and is suitable to answer certain questions and to make simple exchanges on predefined motifs. Sophia uses speech recognition technology from AlphabetInc. and is" designed to get smarter over time". Its speech conflation capability is handled by CereProc's textbook- to- speech machine, and also allows it to sing. Sophia's intelligence software is designed by Hanson Robotics. The AI program analyses exchanges and excerpts data that allows it to ameliorate responses in the future.

By: Advika Yadav

Thinkster Maths is a math tutoring programing which acts as a base helping children to build the foundation for developing conceptual skills in mathematics. It helps childrens from all levels, and can help in bridging the gap in their mathematical knowledge. It widens their knowledge beyond the walls of the classroom through individual whiteboard sessions with skilled math tutors,by giving a more personalized approach so that young mathematicians can learn at their own pace and thus enhance their abilities and skills in the field of maths. Students can take assessment tests and get diagnostic results which will give them insights and create connections to real world problems. Thinkster Math provides unlimited worksheets for practicing, games and rewards which motivates young mathematicians to learn more, daily grading, and a world-class curriculum.The coaches will ensure that your child will get a highly personal learning plan that suits them the best. Multiple resources are offered to ensure that your child will have an enhanced learning outcome like-: video tutorials are embedded to explain different strategies, through different assignments your children will get feedbacks, comments, and grading.

By: Aryaman Kumar

AI uses nowadays include the virtual filters on Snapchat and the FaceID unlock on iPhones. The latter relies on facial recognition, whilst the former uses face detection technologies to recognize any face. Over 30,000 invisible dots are projected by the TrueDepth camera on Apple iPhones to produce a depth map of your face. Additionally, it takes a picture of the user's face in infrared. The scan of your face is then compared to previously stored facial data using a machine learning technique. In this manner, it can choose whether or not to unlock the device.

Apple claims that FaceID automatically adjusts to alterations in a user's appearance. These consist of the use of cosmetic cosmetics, the development of facial hair, and the use of headgear, spectacles, or contact lenses. The Cupertino-based tech behemoth also claimed that there is a one in a million probability of deceiving FaceID.

By: Kashvi Kanchan

IA has been used by Netflix for many years to provide customers with great service and experience and to recommend TV shows and movies to users. This is possible by going through a user watch history which helps Netflix recommend shows and movies that will interest the user to watch and engage them to continue their monthly subscription. They also examine your viewing habits to provide Netflix recommendations.

By: Aarushi Koneru

Snapchat Lenses apply 'Lenses' to a person's face using the Viola-Jones algorithm.

Targeted advertising is a further application of AI in social networking platforms like Snapchat. Instead of just hitting the maximum number of users, the app enables advertisers to choose how much engagement they want from Users in return for precise ad space. Recent reports suggest that Snapchat intends to use AI and ML to proactively detect 88% of drug-related content, avoiding drug trades by influencing measures in their algorithms. 

Who would have known that a simplistic chat and filter app would offer many hidden features?

By: Iraj Gupta (@iraj-gupta)

By: Swikruti Das

“Ok, google” or “Hey, Google '' are its preprogrammed wake words. The Google Home is always listening to its environment. Google Home can create shopping lists, set alarms,  control your smart home devices, like lights, thermostats, and more. You will feel as if talking to a person. Because Google Assistant is integrated with the Google search engine, it can attempt to answer a wide range of queries with varied degrees of success. Google Home is your smart home!

By: Aditya Koushik

Cortana is a voice - controlled personal assistant just like Siri and Alexa. Cortana is created by Microsoft that uses the Bing search engine to perform various tasks such as setting reminders. Cortana uses voice recognition to respond to various questions like ‘What is the weather today’. Cortana has been integrated into Microsoft Edge to give it a better way of searching as Cortana can find opening hours on restaurant sites, and show retail coupons for websites.

By: Madhav Sikri

Siri is a voice-controlled personal assistant designed to improve human interaction and was created by Apple. By having the access to applications built-in or installed on a device, it helps you to manage it with less effort. Siri is a voice assistant and uses voice recognition to respond to questions.Basing on the given orders it can help you manage your calls and texts without the necessity of touching your device. It can organise your in many other ways as well,like setting alarms or adding appointments to your calendar. When connected to smart appliances at your home it can control them the way you like. Siri is a truly helpful AI and it helps make life a lot easier.

By: Clifford Edwin

Modern day chatbots use a programme called “NLP(Natural Language Processing)” which allows the machine to comprehend human language. A chat bot replies to the users using prebuilt scripts and machine learning. Using data collected from users, Chatbots can learn to communicate more fluently. ChatBots don’t actually understand what the user has messaged them, instead using keywords and patterns to generate an optimate and appropriate response. Cleverbot was created by British AI scientist Rollo Carpenter and uses a method called “crowdsourcing” to learn to communicate.

By: Shayaan Qadari

Google Home makes up for its less-than-pristine audio quality with a feature that other speakers don't have, and that's its ability to both receive and send Google Cast signals, making it the only audio device that can not only stream music from your phone, but send video streams to any Google Cast-compatible .This means you can ask your Google Home speaker to give you the weather report, lower your smart thermostat for you when you leave your home, tell you a fact, or have it find the funny YouTube clip that had you in stitches last night and send it across to your Chromecast.

By: Pranjal Jain

Siri enables Apple device users  to answer questions, check the weather, check flights, search, send messages, and more. Siri uses voice recognition and is powered by artificial intelligence. It is based on natural language processing. Statistical analysis of voice data  and machine learning power the person-context portion of Siri. Siri uses the keywords you use, your common habits, and your language usage to predict your intentions.