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Financial Services: In 2016, thieves in the United States stole $16 billion via credit card and identity theft fraud, according to a report from Javelin Strategy & Research. This type of fraud is becoming a major issue, and banks are working hard to stop cybercriminals. Many banks are using AI technology to determine in real-time if a credit card or other financial transaction is fraudulent. When a fraudulent transaction is detected, it can be canceled before any money is stolen.

DID YOU KNOW? AI is not typically sold as a separate application. Instead, it is added as a feature to existing products or systems (for example, Siri, an AI-enabled personal assistant, was added to existing Apple products).

Health Care: AI technology is being developed to reduce the time it takes to make diagnoses and plan medical treatments. Infervision, a Chinese company, recently developed a computer algorithm to augment the work of radiologists,

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