Lumoa

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Now, technologies such as AI and machine learning are driving highly personalized customer experiences. Typically, you would see this in the form of a ‘Live Chat’ pop-up that provides automated responses to customer queries. To go further, modern chatbots are now pre-empting the moments when customers require their assistance.

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Solvvy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Since Zoom acquired Solvvy earlier this year, many people have asked me why Zoom, a company that is the gold standard for team collaboration and meetings, would look to bring Solvvy’s advanced conversational AI technology and team into its portfolio. But Zoom Virtual Agent goes beyond understanding to resolution.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 18, 2024

From the agents perspective, delivering this type of service can be exhausting, which is where contact center automation can help. It leverages technology like automatic call distribution (ACD) and real-time transcription to reduce the manual workload for agents. What Is Contact Center Automation?

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Comm100

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Over the years, customer service has undergone a dramatic transformation, driven by rapid advancements in technology. A sector that once relied on phone calls and long email threads has shifted to a world of instant messaging, AI chatbots, and automated systems designed to meet customer needs faster than ever before.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

One such solution the chat bot, Ruby. A chat bot is software that simulates human dialogue using artificial intelligence. Chat bots have been shown to positively strengthen customer contact. The bot answers questions around the clock and is fast because it can handle multiple chat cases at the same time.

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Inbenta

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Since then, search has improved exponentially to the point where a personal chatbot to help with our most routine tasks is becoming a reality. While it was not on a par with the search technology available today it was indeed better than the alternative – word of mouth. Search technology is doing all it can to adapt to us.

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BlueOcean

JANUARY 9, 2018

Siri, Alexa, and OK Google… these are the virtual interactions that Sci-Fi movies have portrayed for decades past. These technologies are sparking new expectations in today’s consumers on an almost daily basis. Instead, in addition to self-serve customer service , the majority of interactions will be driven by AI technology.

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UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick. Virtual Agents are designed to be your human agents’ Pippen or Harrison or Gehrig (pick your sport). What, Exactly, Are Virtual Agents? Intelligence Is a Matter of Features.

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UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick. Virtual Agents are designed to be your human agents’ Pippen or Harrison or Gehrig (pick your sport). What, Exactly, Are Virtual Agents? Intelligence Is a Matter of Features.

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TechSee

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Customer Service centers have placed high hopes on chatbots, investing large sums in the technology’s automated ability to help customers help themselves. With the right tools, chatbots can be transformed into superheroes that handle huge volumes of customer inquiries, while improving CX and reducing costs.

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Interactions

AUGUST 13, 2020

These transactions can be handled by a simple chatbot or IVR system, as not much advanced functionality is needed. A deep knowledge of the customer experience space and conversational design is needed to determine when a live agent, a virtual agent, or both should be used in a given situation.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The key to reaching this powerful demographic is by understanding that technology is central to their being. This penchant for technology has shaped their consumer behavior and preferences, and brands must tailor their customer service strategies to suit Millennials’ attributes. 5 Enabling technologies to reach Millennials.

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Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Ever since 2016, the continuous advancements in technology have culminated in a disruption of contact centers on an industrial scale. These include customer service analytics, engagement hubs, the voice of the customer , virtual agents (live chat), and chatbots.

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Solvvy

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Chances are, the last time you called a customer support number, you interacted with an artificial intelligence chatbot. If the company had a great AI chatbot, the interaction might have been so natural that it took a while to realize that you weren’t actually talking to a human. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

AI-powered conversational assistants, or “virtual agents”, can quickly deliver the answers and outcomes over voice-enabled channels. When you already have a deep knowledge base, a strong CRM engine and the conversational transcript, it is time to build a virtual agent that can turn any time into your prime time for great CX.

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Kustomer

MAY 26, 2022

In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen has a heart to heart with fellow business leaders, urging them to take advantage of chatbots so their organizations will acquire and retain customers. Chatbots are also fantastic tools for lightening agent load, allowing them to tackle more complex customer inquiries.

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 29, 2024

In this post, we are focusing on the chat channel to show how to use Amazon Lex and the Amazon Lex Web UI to enable live agents to interact with your customers in real time. For example, the following figure shows screenshots of a chatbot transitioning a customer to a live agent chat (courtesy of WaFd Bank).

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Oracle

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A chatbot can fill that void, helping a retailer reach customers 24/7 and enhancing customer experience by answering commonly asked questions quickly and accurately. In addition, chatbots offer companies new ways to improve the customer engagement process while aiming to drive down the typical cost of customer service.

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Inbenta

OCTOBER 23, 2017

When it comes to chatbots, businesses want to know one thing. The million dollar question for a market which will be worth billions within a few years is – can my virtual agent answer my customers’ questions? In the context of chatbots, a decision tree essentially helps them find the exact answer to your question.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

NICE inContact recently commissioned a study by Forrester Consulting —the Total Economic Impact of NICE inContact CXone—to quantify the financial benefits and strategic value of migrating from on-premises contact center technology to its cloud customer experience platform, CXone. Decreased average handle time by 10 percent.

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TechSee

MAY 28, 2019

For that reason, successful call deflection strategies allow enquiries to be deflected to self-service channels such as FAQs, live chat, community forums, knowledge center databases and virtual agents. Consider this scenario: James is having trouble programming his smart sprinkler system. Computer Vision AI.

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TechSee

MARCH 11, 2024

Industry events and news coverage are full of companies offering Generative AI , Conversational AI, chatbots, and AI Agents. Understanding Conversational AI Conversational AI refers to technologies that users interact with through a natural, conversational interface, like chatbots or virtual agents.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Conversational AI (aka intelligent chatbots or virtual agents) combines artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to streamline customer interactions across channels. Simplifying the creation and maintenance of virtual agents across the enterprise is critical. Essentially, it is what makes a Virtual Agent smart.

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Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

If we could make an agent’s life just a little bit better, then we could make customer service a little bit better – that was our mission then, and it remains our mission now. To use technology to help simplify, streamline and improve the agent experience and, by extension, the customer experience.

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TechSee

MARCH 13, 2018

as well as a PR blitz by some of the leading technology enterprises. 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. Virtual Agents.

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TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

Modern contact centers are made up of a complex combination of humans and virtual assistants – using both natural and artificial intelligence – operating over multiple channels and using a wide range of tools to solve customers’ issues. Total Cost Per Contact.

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TechSee

APRIL 21, 2021

Intelligent collaboration tools are trending in the call center to meet this need of connecting agents with their colleagues and supervisors in order to better serve their customers. Technology plays a large role in facilitating the collaborative call center. AI-Driven Agent Decision Support.

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Contact centers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to build a personalized customer experience and deliver effective self-service support through conversational bots. Dustin Hubbard, Chief Technology Officer at WaFd Bank.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 14, 2020

It is the go-to option to keep agent performance and contact center KPIs on track. While cloud-native technology is the essential component for any contact center to cope with a crisis, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology can magnify its capabilities. The chart below shows this behavior.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 10, 2021

For some time now, Chatbots have become famous in contact centers. It is an artificial intelligence tool that can be described as a virtual agent. As a result, a Chatbot is presented as a real solution for improving customer experience in a call center. And what are the rules for implementing such technology?

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NobelBiz

APRIL 30, 2024

An AI-based call center utilizes artificial intelligence technologies to manage and improve customer interactions. AI technologies not only streamline operations but also elevate the customer experience by offering quicker, more accurate responses and personalized service, setting new standards in customer satisfaction.

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Bold360

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In a chat session, customers can get fast answers to their typed questions, help with their purchases, recommendations on products and services, and other assistance from customer service agents. Live Chat and Chatbots: They Work Best Together. CX + EX Success: Blending Chatbots + Live Chat.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 30, 2024

An AI-based call center utilizes artificial intelligence technologies to manage and improve customer interactions. AI technologies not only streamline operations but also elevate the customer experience by offering quicker, more accurate responses and personalized service, setting new standards in customer satisfaction.

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TechSee

MARCH 11, 2024

Industry events and news coverage are full of companies offering Generative AI , Conversational AI , chatbots, and AI Agents. Understanding Conversational AI Conversational AI refers to technologies that users interact with through a natural, conversational interface, like chatbots or virtual agents.

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Inbenta

APRIL 14, 2020

Nowadays, digital technology plays an increasingly important role in the lives of consumers. 4 chatbot use cases within the customer journey. A chatbot as an intelligence tool. What better way to do this than with an AI chatbot? A chatbot as a sales consultant. A proactive chatbot.

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West Monroe

JANUARY 9, 2018

The good news is, the capabilities and technologies have arrived to enable these experiences, and they’re poised to change the way businesses and customers interact. You’ve likely heard some hype around “conversational interfaces” or “chatbots” (for example Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, or text-based bots on Facebook Messenger or Skype).

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 10, 2021

Mobility, flexibility, automation… the development of chatbots is the inevitable result of a ten-year technological convergence that has swept across all companies and contact centers. The chatbot, as a conversational robot embedded into a messaging app, enables the creation of a new communication experience with users.

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