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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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Apple Business Chat – A Contact Center Perspective

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Contact Prequalification and Authentication. Just like an IVR integrated with the contact center would in the world that I’m sure Apple would love to call the “old world”, Business Chat lets you signal the reason for contact (they call it “Intent”), and the skill group or queue needed to handle the inquiry (they call it “Group”).

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Here’s proof that workers want to relinquish their menial jobs to chatbots

Aspect

If you’re in customer service and support, you’ve no doubt been told that chatbots and the A.I. Several analysts predict near total replacement of live agents with chatbots. Gartner for example, predicts the use of virtual customer assistants (chatbots) will jump by 1,000% by 2020. But how do the agents feel about this?

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Here’s proof that workers want to relinquish their menial jobs to chatbots

Aspect

If you’re in customer service and support, you’ve no doubt been told that chatbots and the A.I. Several analysts predict near total replacement of live agents with chatbots. Gartner for example, predicts the use of virtual customer assistants (chatbots) will jump by 1,000% by 2020. But how do the agents feel about this?

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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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A Contact Center Expert’s Guide to Improving CX in 2019

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Contact center managers face the constant challenge of serving customers efficiently while maximizing their convenience and making the experience enjoyable. People love using chatbots for simple tasks. A 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark study found that companies with the highest rated CX had 1.5

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How to Transform the Customer Experience with Chatbots

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—not least in how they are playing an ever bigger role in customer service. Meeting that expectation is no longer optional.