<s>
Operational	B-General_Concept
artificial	I-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
operational	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
intelligent	O
system	O
designed	O
for	O
real-world	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
particularly	O
at	O
commercial	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
distinguish	O
accessible	O
artificially	B-Application
intelligent	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
systems	O
from	O
fundamental	O
AI	B-Application
research	I-Application
and	O
from	O
industrial	B-General_Concept
AI	I-General_Concept
applications	B-Application
which	O
are	O
not	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
routine	O
usage	O
of	O
a	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
definition	O
of	O
operational	O
AI	B-Application
differs	O
throughout	O
the	O
IT	O
industry	O
,	O
where	O
vendors	O
and	O
individual	O
organizations	O
often	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
custom	O
definitions	O
of	O
such	O
processes	O
and	O
services	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
marketing	O
their	O
own	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	B-Application
include	O
text	B-Algorithm
analytics	I-Algorithm
,	O
advanced	O
analytics	O
,	O
facial	O
and	O
image	O
recognition	O
,	O
machine	O
learning	O
,	O
and	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
generation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Researchers	O
in	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Waterloo	O
's	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
Group	O
describe	O
operational	O
AI	B-Application
in	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
focus	O
on	O
applications	B-Application
that	O
bring	O
value	O
to	O
products	O
and	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
University	O
of	O
Waterloo	O
Professor	O
of	O
Electrical	O
and	O
Computer	O
Engineering	O
Fakhri	O
Karray	O
describes	O
operational	O
AI	B-Application
as	O
"	O
application	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
for	O
the	O
masses	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canada	O
Research	O
Chair	O
and	O
Associate	O
Professor	O
Alexander	O
Wong	O
(	O
professor	O
)	O
describes	O
operational	O
AI	B-Application
as	O
AI	B-Application
for	O
"	O
anyone	O
,	O
anywhere	O
,	O
anytime.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Industrial	B-General_Concept
AI	I-General_Concept
refers	O
to	O
intelligent	O
systems	O
applied	O
for	O
business	O
at	O
any	O
scale	O
and	O
for	O
any	O
use	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
