How is a Roomba like Rosie from the Jetsons? How close are we to using AI to help people with disabilities? And what does the future of business looks like when assistants are digital?

In the first episode of AI Meets World, hosts Becky Shrimpton and Navneet Alang explore the world of AI personal assistants. They hear from Microsoft’s Saqib Shaikh, a blind engineer who launched the app Seeing AI to help the visually impaired. They also speak to Roy Pereira, the CEO and founder of Zoom.ai about using AI to tackle administrative work.