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Adding a Chatbot: Trust a Pro or Build it Yourself?

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Conversational chatbots are one of the top market disruptors in call center automation. Beginning in 2017, the use of chat bots in call centers grew in popularity and became widely utilized. Why is it So Hard to Implement and Maintain a Chatbot? The first day of deployment is the best day of the chatbot’s “life.”

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The Definitive Guide: IVA vs IVR and What’s Right for Your Contact Center

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When it comes to customer service, businesses have a variety of tools at their disposal to make the process as smooth and efficient as possible. Each option has a role in customer service depending on what parts of the customer experience businesses want to automate and which parts they want live agents to handle.

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Conversational AI: Trends to Watch in 2023

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Any business that wants to stay competitive, reduce operational costs, and take its customer service to the next level should take note. Perhaps most prominently, it helps companies provide a better customer service experience by providing greater – and faster – understanding of why a customer is reaching out and at what frequency.

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From Q-and-A to Two-Way: Conversational AI is the Future of Voice Assistants

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By examining the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI), the Times correspondents show how virtual voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa squandered their early advantage and left room for the rise of chatbots that use Conversational AI technology. Chatbots are, indeed, a different kind of virtual assistant.