Podcast and transcript. Explains how credit card transactions are checked before being authorised in an attempt to reduce fraud. Essentially this is a neural network combined with a huge database of prior transactions. A good example to show students how AI is used in the "real world" every day.
A BBC news video. "A German supermarket is encouraging customers to scan and ring up their shopping using mobile phones, and check out without the help of a cashier."
"AN ANGRY red dot flashes at the top of your computer screen. As your mouse creeps over it, a message appears: ''Twitter use has exceeded the department average of 58.6 minutes per day - please self-regulate.''
A quick click and a display appears mapping your internet use, including a graph devoted to the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
It may be Orwellian, but this scene, or some variation, is coming to a workplace near you."