AI is a 'competitive necessity' in retail, 72% of executives say, with chatbots or virtual agents being the most popular AI tools
tek.io/2Uvn2TU via @techrepublic
"As chatbots improve, we expect them to become an integral part of customer service"
Designing/training them based on real human-to-human interactions is a big improvement over winging it
Survey: 46%of respondents would prefer interacting with a virtual agent for customer service "if it meant I could solve my issue faster"
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Chatbots in the Contact Center: Common Applications and Misconceptions
"One of the biggest misconceptions is that all chatbots are created equal"
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We're helping out again in the Cloud AI showcase at #googlenext2019 today. Come to talk to us about creating incredibly versatile/human-like voice bots for customer service!
As a Cloud Contact Center AI partner, we're excited about #GoogleNEXT19 this week. Amazing demos and breakouts about conversational AI and speech are on deck!
Customer service organizations are positioning themselves for chatbot adoption. Below is a breakdown of current adoption and their projected growth over the next 18 months.
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Accenture: health insurance companies could save more than $2 billion annually by using AI to manage customer interactions
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“People will definitely trust a chatbot if it solves their issues as expected....[but] any flaw or misunderstanding and people will probably move away from it as untrustworthy" link.medium.com/7NLFKEEQaV
Don't build an untrustworthy bot!
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.@oferronen presents "A data-driven approach to building AI-powered customer service virtual agents" at the Conversational Interaction Conference in SJ next week; don't miss!
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We’re making AI-powered speech more accessible to users by adding new features, voices, languages, & lower prices to Cloud Speech-to-Text → cloud.google.com/blog/produc…