The majority of UAE residents view smart assistants primarily as learning aids, with 72 per cent of respondents indicating that AI assistants should take part in children’s education.
This data was gathered through a survey conducted by Researchscape International and commissioned by the global tech company Yango.
According to the same survey, 54 per cent of respondents believe that AI assistants should serve as useful learning companions, especially for acquiring new languages.
AI assistant in the UAE
Additionally, 54 per cent indicate that AI assistants should help organise their day. Another significant area where smart assistants can be useful is smart home management.
57 per cent of respondents expect them to manage smart home devices, while 41 per cent anticipate using the assistants as entertainment sources, playing music based on mood.
Rami Abu Arja, Senior Innovation Marketing Manager at Yasmina, Yango Middle East, said: “Research shows that users expect smart assistants to possess a variety of skills to assist them in different areas of life.
“To meet these modern user demands, we have developed our bilingual, human-like AI assistant Yasmina. Yasmina’s features currently include entertainment, daily task management, explaining complex topics, and providing educational support”.
Benefits of the Yasmina assistant include:
- Education: Yasmina provides access to a wealth of information. Moreover, as a bilingual AI assistant, it can help users practice both English or Khaleeji Arabic through friendly, human-like conversations
- Daily planner: Yasmina can set reminders and notifications to track all personal and work-related tasks
- Arabic guid: As an AI assistant that fulfils the expectations of local users, Yasmina can play surahs from the Holy Quran by Al Sheikh Maher Bin Hamad Al Muaiqly, which is free for all users, and tell you the date according to the Hijri calendar. The assistant can also play the Adhan for your current location and also knows the prayer times for any city in the world
- Smart home: Yasmina can dim the lights, set a comfortable temperature in the room, and put on a specially curated meditation playlist
- Fitness: Yasmina can support workouts with curated sports playlists
In the future, 42 per cent of respondents hope that AI assistants will act as personal trainers to motivate them to exercise, while 33 per cent expect them to provide calorie counts for meals.
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