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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of December 12, 2016

ShepHyken

Boomtrain) Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics have been around for a while in the B2B world. We Asked, Zappos Answered: Tracking Contact Center Metrics, Omni-Channel & Chatbots by Sharpen. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of December 12, 2016 appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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A History of Customer Support Technology

TeamSupport

Chatbots and virtual assistants powered by AI became increasingly popular for handling routine inquiries, providing 24/7 support, and improving response times. In the early 2000s, simple chatbots were used on websites to assist with frequently asked questions and basic customer support.

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The State of the Bot Going Into 2018

Aspect

2016 saw an explosion of interest and investments in chatbots, as I wrote in my last annual recap. Much like in 2016, this year I’ve had countless conversations about chatbot needs with numerous customers, prospects, and partners around the globe, and it’s clear to me that as an industry we have made progress.

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Will bots process my electricity bill? AI transforming the CX for utility customers

TechSee

Utilities recognize that in the short-term, investment in AI can deliver the highest ROI in terms of improving speed and efficiency, enabling better data processing and analytics, and enhancing the customer experience (CX). According to Priori data, the global smart thermostats market grew 56% between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017 to $218.5M.

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Is voice being superseded?

Spearline

While the days of contact centers managing only voice channels and emails are gone thanks to the rise of omnichannel contact centers, voice assistants, and chatbot services, the development of IP telephony has greatly benefited contact centers to handle extremely high call volumes while maintaining the highest levels of voice quality.

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Time to evolve a Siri-like CHATBOT

Avaya

2016 is shaping up to be the year of the Chatbot. From Jarvis, Mark Zuckerberg’s Iron Man-inspired assistant, to Microsoft’s rather unfortunate Tay experience, chatbots have been making the news this year—although as of yet, nobody seems to have figured out a way of getting them to write it.

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2021: Emerging AI trends in the telecom industry

TechSee

billion in 2016 to $17.67 AI-driven predictive analytics are one of the latest telecom trends helping telecoms provide better services by utilizing data, sophisticated algorithms and machine learning techniques to predict future results based on historical data. billion in 2021, at a CAGR of 43.6%. The driver for this growth?