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AI Update: Tools from MyHeritage and Ancestry

Note: This article was published previously on the The Family History Guide Blog.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming an integral part of how genealogy companies develop their tools and technologies. Two examples are MyHeritage and Ancestry, who have been in the family history business for many years. You can learn about some of their latest efforts in this article.

MyHeritage

MyHeritage.com has released two interesting tools: a search engine for records based on AI chat, and and AI biographer feature. You can click the pictures below to learn more about these developments:

Ancestry.com

Ancestry has announced tools for animating ancestor stories and understanding estimated ethnic regions with DNA testing. This blog article gives an in-depth look at the tools:

https://www.knowwhowearsthegenesinyourfamily.com/blog/ancestry-updates-new-ai-features-for-your-family-tree-and-dna

In this video, genealogist Aimee Cross interviews Ancestry’s Crista Cowan about how Ancestry is using artificial intelligence in record transcriptions, record hints, and DNA testing …

– Bob Taylor, The Family History Guide Association

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