Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help us solve the greatest challenges of our time, from health care, agriculture, and education to transportation, energy, and national security.
When guided by ethics, transparency, and fairness, responsible AI can spark creativity and help usher in a more prosperous and sustainable future.
See how AI is improving our lives, growing our economy, and keeping us safe.
AI in Action
AI is helping small businesses save time and scale faster
Shopify Magic helps entrepreneurs and small business owners generate product descriptions, marketing content, and customer responses, turning hours of manual work into minutes. Sidekick, Shopify’s AI assistant, also helps connect data points to uncover new opportunities and deliver insights. By streamlining day-to-day operations and personalizing customer experiences, AI is helping entrepreneurs focus less on repetitive tasks and more on growing their business, reaching new customers, and driving economic opportunity.
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Groundsource: using AI to help communities better predict natural disasters
Google introduced Groundsource, a new Gemini-powered methodology that transforms public information into a high-quality record of historical disaster data, starting with flash floods in urban areas. Using Gemini, Groundsource analyzed decades of public reports and identified over 2.6 million historical flood events spanning more than 150 countries. With this dataset, researchers trained a new model that makes tangible progress toward predicting flash floods in urban areas up to 24 hours in advance. Google is using this technology to build a more resilient future and continue its work to ensure no one is surprised by a natural disaster.
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Microsoft announces Copilot Health, an AI service that gives users personalized health insights
Microsoft launched Copilot Health, an AI service that lets users securely combine medical records from more than 50,000 U.S. health providers and wearable data from over 50 different device types. The tool can help users understand test results, identify trends in sleep, activity, or vital signs, and prepare questions for doctors ahead of consultations. Microsoft created Copilot to help patients get the most out of their appointments and make informed decisions with their doctors rather than scrolling symptoms at midnight.
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The people who are using AI at home to free up their time
The Wall Street Journal
American Airlines and Google say AI helped airlanes reduce contrails that trap heat
Associated Press
He solved his dog’s cancer: three AI models helped
Forbes
AI Spotlight
Salesforce announced more than 30 new capabilities that take Slackbot from personal agent to the ultimate teammate, helping teams save up to 20 hours per week. With the new update, Slackbot comes with a growing set of skills such as searching, brainstorming, writing, coding, orchestrating workflows, and updating records. Less than two months after launch, Slackbot is on track to become the fastest adopted feature in Salesforce history, with some employees saving up to 90 minutes a day.
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About AI for America
AI for America is an initiative to educate the public about how AI is being used to improve lives, grow our economy, and keep us safe. The initiative combines coalition building, advocacy, social media, and traditional media to demonstrate the immense economic and societal benefits of AI. AI for America is funded by TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of tech CEOs and senior executives. TechNet advances public policies at the federal and state level that make the United States the world leader in innovation. Its diverse membership includes dynamic American businesses ranging from startups to the most iconic companies on the planet. For more information, go to technet.org and AI4America.com.