AI has quietly become embedded in a wide variety of businesses, including medical labs, financial services, airports, online job banks, and construction companies.
Examples of current AI applications include:

Web avatars used for “relationship modeling” in customer service systems

Detection of credit and debit card fraud

Extraction of medical and occupational data from life insurance applications

Personalized, Internet-based TV listings based on viewing preferences

Natural language processing, including automated question answering and optical character recognition

Expert systems to help identify fire and other safety hazards and to make unbiased and consistent decisions regarding clients referred for vocational rehabilitation