2022 Rewind: The Best of AI
Welcome to our annual roundup of the year's top artificial intelligence solutions! We’ll be highlighting the most innovative AI technologies and applications that have emerged throughout 2022. From machine learning algorithms that are revolutionizing healthcare to natural language processing systems that are transforming the way we interact with computers; we'll be covering a wide range of AI solutions that have significantly impacted various industries. Let’s hit rewind and dive into some of the best of AI in 2022.
Meta’s speech-to-speech translation
Artificial speech translation allows individuals to communicate across language barriers with ease in real-time. Towards the end of 2022 Meta announced the launch of its universal speech translator project, which aims to enable real-time speech-to-speech translation across languages.
Meta highlighted that most AI translation models focus on written languages, and over 40% of oral languages aren’t covered. So, its first model focused on translating between English and the Hokkien language. Meta trained its AI models using written text examples from Mandarin Chinese and used an encoding tool to compare spoken Hokkien to similar English text. Mark Zuckerburg says that Meta aims to make this available in as many languages as possible.
Artificial speech translation has the potential to greatly improve global communication and facilitate cross-cultural understanding. It’s being used in a variety of applications, including language translation apps, customer service centers, and international business meetings.
Virtual Agents
With technology getting smarter, artificial intelligence is able to expand its role in businesses and provide more productivity solutions. This has meant that virtual agents have been on the rise during 2022. Their increasing capacity to communicate with humans and automate tasks has allowed businesses to produce more efficient and enhanced customer experiences. Plenty of industries have started to notice improvements. Just a few of these include:
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?As virtual agents become more sophisticated over the next decade, their benefits will continue to grow. In fact, it’s estimated that the global conversational AI market will grow at a CAGR of 21.4% from 2021 to 2028.
The Metaverse
The Metaverse is seen as a potential next step in the evolution of the internet, where users can fully immerse themselves in a virtual world and interact with others in real-time. The concept of the metaverse has been popularized in science fiction literature and has been the subject of much speculation and speculation in recent years. But this year it became a hot topic with virtual reality technology becoming more available. In fact, Mark Zuckerburg spoke about combining this technology with his Facebook platform.?
Chat GPT
Just a month ago we saw the viral launch of Chat GPT. The text-based artificial intelligence tool attracted billions of dollars in funding and accentuated the emerging evolution of human and computer interaction.
ChatGPT is a chatbot that utilizes the GPT-3.5 language model developed by OpenAI. Its main function is to generate text that resembles human language based on a given input, allowing it to engage in natural conversations with users. ChatGPT has the ability to answer an unlimited number of questions on any topic and can provide useful responses.
This AI system has been trained on a large dataset of human language and is able to recognize patterns in order to respond to questions and dialog. It can be utilized in customer service, language translation, and personalized shopping recommendations, among other applications. The widespread adoption of ChatGPT and other chatbots has fueled the growth of natural language processing (NLP) technology in various industries, with more on the horizon for 2023.
Creative AI
2022 has seen the emergence of the impressive branch of AI that allows users to generate art, video, music, poetry, and more. The hot trend is set to make more headway in 2023 as marketers become more curious as to the potential of AI art.
The text-to-image AI art tool has seen more and more realistic images being generated. This has led to diverse and impressive images being created by simply typing a few words.
AI develops a sense of smell
?How many times have you wished that you can smell a new perfume you saw advertised online? Well, 2022 may have seen the advent of digitalizing smell. Developers have created an AI tool that can identify and re-create different smells. Researchers have started to train AI models to teach themselves to smell. It does this by using artificial neural networks that resemble brain behavior relating to smells.
Cybersecurity
This year has continued to shine a light on the potential that AI has when it comes to revolutionizing cybersecurity. Especially as the World Economic Forum stated that cybercrime could pose a critical threat, more so than terrorism.
As more of us turn to machines and devices for everyday tasks and communication, hacking becomes a major issue. However, AI can play a key role in developing cutting-edge tools to face this risk. It can be used to identify and prevent cyber-attacks, detect anomalies and suspicious activity, and respond to threats in real time.?