Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But what exactly counts as AI?

AI News September 11, 2026 06:00 AM

FARGO — Artificial intelligence can write an email, create a video of something that never happened and is helping fuel demand for massive new data centers across the country.

But artificial intelligence has also been applied in ways that are much less obvious — and in many cases, it has been doing them for years.

So what exactly are we talking about when we call something “artificial intelligence?"

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Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But what exactly counts as AI?

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Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But what exactly counts as AI?

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