Convenience • Android Apps • iOS Apps • Nov 22, 2017 Webby Staff Picks: AI & Automation The future is here. Check out our favorite apps with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is everywhere—definitely in our phones, also in our cars, and possibly in our plants? This year the Webbys team is going around the world and sharing insights on the most important developments in AI in our This Automated Life Webby Talks series. It’s been fascinating diving into all the exciting, groundbreaking developments in artificial intelligence. Sound interesting? Check out our calendar to see where we’re going next, and schedule a talk at your office today. In honor of that, we thought we’d share some of the apps and services we use every day that are powered by AI technology. Take a look at our favorites below!
Astro
Jordana Jarrett / @jordanajarrett Editorial Coordinator Favorite App/Service: Astro “Life would be easier with a personal assistant to keep me on top of my emails and calendar invites. Since I lack both the coins and clout for one, Astro is the next best thing! It's an awesome email app (featured in Netted) that uses AI to prioritize messages, track emails, and manage calendar invites. It even integrates into Slack. The best part? Astrobot, the chatbot assistant, pings me reminders to call back important clients, helping me crush my professional game. #Winning”
Emily Warren / @emilyhonora Managing Director Favorite App/Service: Citymapper “This is my favorite 'get me somewhere' transportation app. It has really accurate subway times and accounts for delays in a hyper-useful way. I like that you can also save your favorite locations and easily shift between modes of transport. It also has my most favorite feature: It tells you the best subway car to be in so that you'll be close to the right exit at your station stop! #Sick”
Sebastian Ade / @suhbashchin Assistant Producer Favorite App/Service:Tab “I was having a great time at a wonderful restaurant celebrating my buddy's birthday with seven other friends. Then the bill came. Someone suggested splitting equally, but that would've meant that the person who only ordered an appetizer would be pitching in for my full-on steak dinner. And what about covering the birthday boy? In that moment, this app came in handy. Using image recognition technology, it scans bills and allows you to divvy up each item. There's a birthday function, and Venmo capabilities. No more scrambling over splitting the bill.”
Starriah McKelvey / @___starbuckss Animation Intern Favorite App/Service: AutoDraw “Sometimes I get so caught up working on projects that I forget to post to my own social media. AutoDraw uses pattern recognition to predict that my poorly finger-drawn cat is actually a really cute doodle of a perfectly round tomato. Then I post it to Snapchat with a witty pun about why I've been so MIA. Clearly I have to ketchup with my work.”
Nicole Ferraro / @NicoleFerraro Editorial Director Favorite App/Service: Duolingo “I pathetically lost the Spanish-speaking abilities I learned in school. So I recently started using Duolingo. It’s an awesome app that uses AI-enabled chatbots that act as virtual language tutors. There are a bunch of different 'tutors' that engage you on different subjects (I am partial to Chef Roberto, who talks a lot about pizza) and respond differently depending on your answers. And they get more intelligent the more you use them.”
