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# Cyber Collar
A.I. increasingly encroaches onto the job sphere.

By [Gil Cohen](https://www.trendhunter.com/ghaddi), SVP Client Success | Published Nov 5, 2016 | Category: [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/pro/category/technology-trends-and-gadgets)
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/protrends/cyber-collar

## Key Figures

- Trend score: 3.2/10
- Evidence articles: 6

## What is the Cyber Collar trend?

**Cyber Collar:** Often seen as a threat to human jobs, Artificial Intelligence is forging its own labor class that is relied upon to accomplish tricky and tedious tasks with little room for human error. Particularly within industries that require vast knowledge and considerable diligence, A.I. is propelling us towards a fully automated world where less human exertion will be required.

## At a Glance

- Evidence: 6 featured examples
- Articles from: Nov 24, 2015 to Oct 26, 2016
- Published: Nov 5, 2016
- Patterns: [Reduction](https://www.trendhunter.com/pattern/reduction), [Acceleration](https://www.trendhunter.com/pattern/acceleration)
- Megatrends: [Co-creation](https://www.trendhunter.com/megatrend/co-creation), [Curation](https://www.trendhunter.com/megatrend/curation), [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.trendhunter.com/megatrend/artificial-intelligence)

## Audience

- Gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia

## Themes within the Cyber Collar trend

### Artificial Intelligence Advisors

AI-powered financial advisors and insurance agents are able to provide personalized services and tailored advice to individuals, disrupting traditional financial advising roles.

### AI Law Firms

AI-powered attorneys that can interpret and analyze human language can provide legal services and conduct research more quickly than human lawyers, disrupting traditional law firms.

### Cognitive Banking Apps

AI-powered digital assistants that offer predictive analytics, cognitive messaging, and personalized financial advice to consumers are disrupting the traditional role of banks and financial institutions.

## What the Cyber Collar trend means for industry

### For Finance

AI-powered financial advisors, insurance agents, and digital assistants disrupt the traditional role of human financial advisors and the finance industry as a whole.

### For Law

AI-powered attorneys and legal research programs disrupt the traditional role of human lawyers and the legal industry as a whole.

### For Banking

Cognitive banking apps with AI-powered digital assistants disrupt the traditional role of banks, financial institutions, and the finance industry as a whole.

## Workshop question

How could AI ease your consumers' experience with your brand?

## Trend signals for Cyber Collar

Trend score 3.2 out of 10, from popularity 53%, activity 36%, freshness 8%.

- Popularity: 53%
- Activity: 36%
- Freshness: 8%

## Examples of the Cyber Collar trend

6 featured examples from Nov 24, 2015 to Oct 26, 2016.

- [Artificial Intelligence Attorneys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-ross): 'AI Ross' is a Program Designed to Speed Up Legal Research (Category: Tech)
  Implication: The use of AI Ross indicates the emergence of an opportunity for the adoption of AI in legal services to automate research and expand services.
- [AI Auto Insurance Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/insurify): Insurify Uses Artificial Intelligence to Suggest Coverage Plans (Category: Autos)
  Implication: Insurify is an example of an insurtech company that leverages AI to disrupt the traditional car insurance industry.
- [AI Travel Agents](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hipmunk): 'Hello Hipmunk' is a Smart Assistant Powered by Artificial Intelligence (Category: Tech)
  Implication: The travel and hospitality industry can utilize AI travel assistants to offer personalized recommendations to customers and enhance their overall travel experience.
- [Cognitive Banking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/app-for-banking): Bank of America's Updated App for Banking Introduces the AI-Powered 'Erica' (Category: Tech)
  Implication: The banking industry can leverage cognitive banking apps to enhance customer experience and provide personalized financial services.
- [Artificially Intelligent Financial Advisors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/devise-a-financial-strategy): This Program Helps Users Devise a Financial Strategy (Category: Lifestyle)
  Implication: FinTech companies can utilize Pefin's approach to AI-powered financial planning to create their own digital platforms and personalized financial services.
- [AI Research Coalitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/partnership-on-ai): 'Partnership on AI' Joins Five Tech Giants to Investigate the Ethics of AI (Category: Social Good)
  Implication: Tech companies leading discussions on AI ethics and governance.

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