Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Life: Transformations, Benefits, Risks, and Challenges for Contemporary Society.

Artificial intelligence goes beyond a mere technological advancement: it is gradually transforming our daily lives and shaping our future. Now ubiquitous, it is changing the ways we communicate, work, learn, and access services, while sparking both interest and concern. This essay examines its effects to assess the extent to which it improves daily activities while creating new challenges. The literature review focuses on its applications in learning, work, health and well-being, communication, and access to information. The analysis highlights several major benefits: the automation of repetitive tasks, improved operational efficiency, time savings, enhanced security through threat detection and prevention, the efficient processing of large volumes of data, and improved predictive capabilities. These advantages enable organizations to better anticipate trends, risks, and opportunities. It also examines emerging risks related to personal data protection, cybersecurity, and data reliability and quality. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that artificial intelligence can make a positive contribution to daily life, provided that its development is based on principles of accountability and security.