DigiSense: Common Tools That Use AI (Which You May Not Have Noticed Yet)
It arrived quietly. Not as a big announcement, but as small improvements that made everyday tools easier to use. No pressure. No learning curve. Just quietly help in the background. Here are some of the most common tools people use today, and the parts of them that already rely on AI—often more than we realize. Google Search image from Backlinko Google Search today is largely AI-powered. It began using AI as early as 2005 to support features like autocomplete. When Google predicts what you are about to type, corrects spelling, understands questions written in plain language, or highlights what it thinks is the most relevant part of a page, AI is doing the sorting. In 2015, Google introduced RankBrain, an AI-based system that helped Google Search better understand complex or unfamiliar search queries. Instead of focusing only on exact keywords, RankBrain helped interpret what users were actually trying to achieve. This includes recognizing whether someone is searching to learn something...
