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Boosting Your Customer Support: Human-Operated Live Chat vs Chatbots

Kayako

If you’ve had a customer support interaction recently, did you speak with a real person or a chatbot? Chances are that your request has been handled by a chatbot instead of a person. For example, Statista reported that the size of the chatbot market worldwide in 2016 was worth about $190.8 billion in 2025.

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Top Contact Center Industry Trends for 2023

Fonolo

AI-powered advanced speech recognition and natural language processing (NLP) allows IVR and chatbots to handle much, MUCH more sophisticated conversations and transactions. . Gartner says proactive or outbound customer engagement interactions will outnumber reactive interactions by 2025. What’s changed? Proactive Self-Service .

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A Comprehensive Guide to Chatbot Software

Comm100

A Comprehensive Guide to Chatbot Software. In 2020, the North America chatbot software market was valued at $182 million. Fast forward to 2025 and it’s predicted to be worth over $580 million. Brands of all industries are beginning to recognize the huge benefits that customer service chatbots can bring to their organization.