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Is a Digital-Only Strategy Right for Your Business?

CSM Magazine

Gartner has said that chatbots will be the primary contact method for a quarter of firms by 2027. Juniper also earmarks chatbots for huge growth, expecting interactions to hit around 3.5 If people believe they will get a timely and helpful response from using a chatbot then they will be more inclined to a) use it and b) recommend it.

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The Future of Customer Service: AI and Human Collaboration

Playvox

Similar kinds of declarations were made when interactive voice response (IVR) systems came out and again when chatbots became commonplace on websites, providing automated responses that did not require human intervention. Gartner further projects that one in 10 agent interactions will be automated by 2026, an increase from an estimated 1.6%