If you used Google, Spotify, or Uber in the past week, you've engaged with products that utilize machine learning.

Machine learning, a subset of artificial intelligence, uses algorithms and statistical models to train machines to perform tasks and find patterns without guidance. In regards to our examples above, these tasks are things like search recommendations, song suggestions, and estimated travel times.

But there are more ways machine learning is applied today, some of which we may not even be aware of.

In this guide, we'll shed light on some clever real-world examples of machine learning. To source our examples, we reached out to five business leaders to explain the ways they use machine learning today.