UNIT 7 + 8 . BRIGHT SBT - Exercise 2

Read the following passage about AI uses in daily life and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
AI uses in daily life
AI has been in our daily life for over ten years. It has been developed for online search engines and smartphone cameras that we use every day, but most of us don't realise its existence.
___(1)___ since around 2017. At the beginning, AI was used to improve face recognition and image stabilisation in smartphone cameras. As AI algorithms advanced and computational power increased, smartphone cameras started incorporating more AI-based features like portrait mode and scene recognition. In portrait mode, AI algorithms analyse the scene to detect the subject and create a blurred background effect ___(2)___. Scene recognition is a valuable AI-powered function. AI can identify objects, scenes or specific scenarios like landscapes, food or pets and automatically adjust camera settings, such as brightness, light exposure and colour balance in order to produce the optimal image quality.
___(3)___. Using different algorithms, AI enables search engines to personalise search results based on users location. To illustrate, if you want to shop for gadgets like a pair of earphones, search engines will ask for your current location and show the shops near your current position so that you can reach them easily. Another AI-powered feature is recommendation systems. In other words, by understanding users' background behaviour and users' preferences, AI can deliver more tailored and relevant search results. For example, once users search for any product like clothing items or household products in a shopping app or browse through a video-sharing website for some videos, the ___(4)___ and behaviour and show the best results. Similar results will be then suggested once you reopen the shopping apps or go back to the video-sharing website for you to buy or watch conveniently.
It's undeniable that AI in smartphone camera and search engines has advanced significantly, ___(5)___ and incorporated into these technologies for better user experience.
(Adapted from Bright - Workbook)