Oracle

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Chatbots, in particular, present an exciting use case for artificial intelligence. Today, the application of machine learning in chatbots is the exception rather than the norm. Most chatbots use a form of natural language recognition to guide interactions with users – answers are provided from a static list of acceptable responses.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

One of the keys to innovation in this area is self-service technologies that enable customers to quickly and conveniently resolve problems on their own, especially from their mobile devices. Innovative AI-Driven Self-Service Exhibitors Not to be Missed. Engaging your customers on a personal level is the key to long-term loyalty.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Conventional wisdom thwarts progress and innovation – in everything, including customer service! How chatbots could change customer service over the next 5 years by Becky Peterson. Chatbots, fueled by AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be normal in customer service. Chatbots will get “smarter” over time.

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Customer Journeys Customer Service Chatbots Customer Centricity 83

Avaya

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

At the recent Monage Conference , where Jeff Pulver invited me to speak, I talked about chatbots and shared how they can transform customer experiences for large enterprises. It was a perfect topic for the mix of customers and entrepreneurial chatbot developers in attendance. Chatbot technology is growing at such a rapid pace.

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ShepHyken

MAY 29, 2017

Société Générale’s group head of corporate resources and innovation explains how to achieve such symmetry. McKinsey & Company interviews Françoise Mercadal-Delasalles, head of corporate resources and innovation at France’s Société Générale about their internal service culture. by Yaniv Reznik. (IT Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Customer Service Airlines Chatbots Resources 97

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2017

For me, this challenge is compounded by the rapid pace of innovation in both the core Customer Relationship Management (CRM) space and the adjacent technologies that influence the core. The evolution of these areas has created a springboard effect in the trends for 2017. By now, mobility is a given.

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TechSee

MARCH 13, 2018

Artificial Intelligence was the talk of 2017. In 2017, all eyes were on chatbots and virtual agents – the assumption being that they would take over a significant part of the customer interaction and deliver real value in communicating with customers. Chatbots solutions are continuously learning and will continue to improve.

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Customer Service Chatbots Virtual Agent How To 95

Second to None

APRIL 8, 2019

The Needy Customer Service Representative (or Chat Bot). In the realm of e-commerce, customer service is typically provided via chat bot or a live assistance chat feature. Research by NewVoiceMedia claimed that in 2017, companies lost an estimate of over $75 billion due to a poor customer service. [4]

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Storyminers

JANUARY 24, 2017

This article appeared first January 10, 2017 at SharpenCX.com. Customer experience expert Mike Wittenstein sheds light on enhanced customer expectations, AI innovation, and more. How do you expect customer expectations to change in 2017? What’s the most important thing contact center managers should prepare for in 2017?

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Brands Hospitality 50

Provide Support

JANUARY 10, 2018

What innovations and technologies will be transforming the world and shaping its future? Are chatbots and virtual agents likely to replace humans any time soon? © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC. © 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC. How many changes will 2018 bring about for those in customer service? Read more. Read more.

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Chatbots Innovation 70

ShepHyken

AUGUST 7, 2017

Chatbots: Should you waste your time? Ignite My Company) Although chatbots have been around for a while, within the past year there’s been a surge in interest and usage. There have been more and more companies offering bot building services, website integrations, and developer tools. My Comment: Chatbots are a hot topic.

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Team HGS

MAY 31, 2017

In Conversation with a Chatbot : Speaking the Language of Today's CX. By Mandeep Kwatra, HGS VP of Solutions and Capabilities In today’s virtual world, it seems bots are the latest sensation. BOT: Ok, thanks, Mandeep. Well, I’m a bot. Be truly innovative and use us intelligently. Wed, 05/31/2017 - 15:53.

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Thematic

JULY 21, 2023

This interview was first published at Upsilonit.com Anton Oparienko (COO, Upsilon): Today, I'm pleased to have Alyona Medelyan with me, the co-founder and CEO at Thematic , an innovative feedback analytics solution. I also collaborated with other PhD researchers on designing a chat bot and an app that analyzes bottle labels.

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Analytics Feedback Net Promoter Score Chatbots 62

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX Much of the improvement has been driven by advancements in product innovation and digital technology. Customers want unique, special and innovative.

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Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Omni-Channel Culture 354

Avaya

MARCH 28, 2017

I recently attended Jeff Pulver’s 2017 MoNage conference to get the latest views on chatbot usage and expectations for serving customers. He’s brought his vision to the world of chat with his 140-Character conferences and most recently the MoNage conference. Chatbots enable a customer to answer questions via text.

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 9, 2018

Password resets, changed addresses, parts ordering, status updates, appointment setting, and more are straightforward calls that can easily be addressed by virtual agents or chatbots. IBM reports that by 2022, businesses will save approximately $8 billion annually, up from the $20 million dollars saved in 2017.

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Omni-Channel Customer Care Contact Center Case Study 191

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The integration of Spitch’s voice technologies and Creative Virtual’s V-Person natural language chatbots and virtual agents brings an industry-leading voicebot offering to the market.

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Self Service Virtual Agent Multi-Channel Chatbots 59

NICE inContact

MARCH 27, 2018

A major conversational shift around artificial intelligence (AI) occurred in 2017. chatbots) helps provide fast service for transactional or traditionally self-service issues. Here, AI’s proactive, context-inclusive handoff of chat sessions to live agents enables quicker and more complete resolutions.

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Contact Center Self Service Study Omni-Channel 137

Second to None

MARCH 9, 2018

But delivering that exceptional customer service on social media means understanding (and focusing on) three fundamental areas: consumers’ expectation of a fast response and resolution time; the inexorable rise of chat bots and artificial intelligence in improving efficiency; and the ability to mine data to gain insight into what customers want.

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ShepHyken

JULY 17, 2017

How Enterprise Chatbots Platforms Will Change Customer Service by Murray Newlands. My Comment: Chatbots are a hot topic these days. I’ve been writing about chatbots for the past year or so in my Forbes articles. Office of American Innovation Targets Federal Customer Service by Frank Konkel . That’s because you are.

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Customer Service Net Promoter Score Chatbots Effort Score 30

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The integration of Spitch’s voice technologies and Creative Virtual’s V-Person natural language chatbots and virtual agents brings an industry-leading voicebot offering to the market.

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Self Service Virtual Agent Multi-Channel Chatbots 52

Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

The following best practices set contemporary leaders in innovation apart from the pack and represent what exceptional customer service looks like in 2018. How have these innovations worked out for Amazon? Chatbots Automate Exceptional Experiences. Organic Mobile Experiences Blur Channel Lines. billion U.S. Source: Statista.

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Kayako

APRIL 29, 2019

Gallup reported in the 2017 “The State of the American Workplace” that employees who are engaged are more likely to improve customer relationships, with a resulting 20% increase in sales. Apps, chatbots, IVRs, you name it, customers are well-equipped to do things on their own and be their own first line of defense when an issue comes up.

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Customer Service Guidelines Employee Engagement Customer Journeys 163

ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2017

2017 looks to be an important year for the four major CRM players (Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP, Oracle) as they continue to innovate their products and compete for market share. Live Chat or Chat Bots. While certainly effective, chat support doesn’t have to come from a robot. It’s a must-have.

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Chatbots Technology Customer Service Management 48

Bold360

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Consumers in 2017 have heightened standards for customer service and support. External chatbots understand each shopper’s situation and provide contextual answers, fast. Chatbots are no longer just a buzzword — they are a viable customer service channel that can provide accurate and efficient support.

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Interaction Self Service Chatbots Social Media 56

Think Customers

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

AI and chatbots are driving forces in how businesses understand and assist their customers. And the recent Leadscon 2017 “Connect to Convert” conference in New York bustled with innovative ideas about how to use AI and bots in B2C and B2B marketing. Finding the right AI for the job Design that Speaks!

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 4, 2017

Automation and artificial intelligence are adapting to serve many different customer experience needs, such as automated chat-bot responses that improve resource efficiency. The above contributors will all be speakers at the 4 th Annual Digital Customer Experience Strategies Summit at the Fairmont Chicago, IL September 19-20, 2017.

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Customer Experience Chatbots Social Media Data 75

AWS Machine Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Generative AI chatbots have gained notoriety for their ability to imitate human intellect. However, unlike task-oriented bots, these bots use LLMs for text analysis and content generation. Finally, we use a QnABot to provide a user interface for our chatbot. Are you experimenting with LLM chatbots on AWS?

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Chatbots Contact Center Training Resources 77

ShepHyken

JUNE 30, 2017

This week we feature an article by Shaista Haque who writes about the top technology trends of 2017 that she believes will disrupt customer experience benchmarks. Consistent innovation is the greatest invention for all generations.”. It was the chatbot on the other side replying with ‘0′ defection rate. Shep Hyken.

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Government Technology Trends Social Media 90

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This leads to better understanding of customers, increased innovation, and improved job satisfaction. While chatbots and other solutions have their place, there’s no replacement for human-to-human conversion, and generative voice tech has the power to improve communication significantly.

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Customer Service Call Center Culture Communication 52

TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization. The field is becoming increasingly mainstream with a 2017 Tractica report predicting that biometric hardware and software revenue will grow to $15.1 Biometrics.

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Technology Customer Service Contact Center Gamification 122

TechSee

MAY 1, 2018

Once success has been established, utilities can roll AI out to other applications and use cases, such as customer service chatbots or automated IT help desks. According to Priori data, the global smart thermostats market grew 56% between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017 to $218.5M.

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Self Service Analytics Call Center Report 132

Oracle

JANUARY 14, 2018

Javits Convention Center, NRF is one of the largest and most anticipated retail events each year, and showcases the latest in retail customer experience trends and technology innovations. So in addition to taking in the magic of innovations at NRF, we also gathered some interesting data and insights on CX and the retail industry.

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Retail Customer Experience Innovation Conference 49

TechSee

APRIL 24, 2018

A 2017 Gartner survey found that 20% of large enterprises plan to adopt augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) as part of their digital strategy by 2020. Powered by AI / AR, innovative computer vision technologies can make the unboxing process even more intuitive by delivering a new level of self-service visual customer assistance.

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Self Service Call Center Video Consumers 116

CloudCherry

JANUARY 4, 2018

However, FinTechs will also keep the pressure up on the industry due to their agility and constant innovation. They will have the opportunity to create innovative environments that will result in much better customer experiences. Technological advancements continue to drive the disruption of the industry.

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Banking Trends Financial Self Service 170

Eptica

MARCH 22, 2017

Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 4 artificial intelligence concepts you need to know if you work in customer experience. Published on: March 22, 2017. A good example of when machine learning going wrong, was Microsoft’s Tay chatbot. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Customer Experience Chatbots Knowledge Base Study 52

VDS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

There are many innovative ways to improve the experience for both your employees and customers. A survey by Gartner, Inc showed 25% of customer service and support operations will integrate virtual custom assistant or chatbot technology by 2020, up from less than 2% in 2017.

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