The article examines peculiarities of the development of artificial intelligence technologies in various fields of application. The field of application of the artificial intelligence technologies in Ukraine has been studied. Based on the analysis of the road map of the artificial intelligence development, the key areas of the implementation of such technologies were formed. Areas of use of artificial intelligence in the activities of financial institutions are highlighted. Based on the analysis of strengths and weaknesses, positive and negative aspects of the use of the artificial intelligence technologies were formed. Based on the experience of using the artificial intelligence technologies in the activities of financial institutions of the EU countries, software products that allow detecting threats, dangers and financial crimes have been identified. The peculiarities of the use of artificial intelligence in ensuring the security of the state have been studied. It is substantiated that when ensuring the security of the state, an important aspect when using the artificial intelligence technologies is the ability to analyze large volumes of data, which include open sources of information, social networks, which allows predicting possible threats and dangers