Tag: Artificial Intelligence

It’s the end of Phone Support as we Know it (and I Feel Fine)

I rarely use and never want to pick up my phone anymore. That is, the phone part of the phone. I happily use my mobile phone all of the time – to communicate, read, and for entertainment. But using the...

Why Contact Centres Should Think Before They Speak

We’re flush with new ways to engage with customers, but businesses should be more data-driven, rather than simply throwing more manpower on the frontlines. In the era of new contact centre touchpoints, the touchpoints themselves matter less and less because...

Employees Optimistic About AI Impact on Jobs, Survey Finds

Employees in UK businesses are optimistic about the future impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on their jobs according to a nationwide study. The research was carried out by global leader in omnichannel CX and contact centre solutions Genesys, official sponsor of...

Emotion, Empathy and Personalisation: How can AI Ever Replace Humans?

There is ever increasing interest in the role emotions play when managing Customer Experience in the contact centre. At the same time, there is a drive to introduce technology such as chatbots to make customer service teams more efficient; removing...

Ethics & Evolution: Discussing the Future of AI With Genesys PureCloud’s Olivier Jouve

The recent Genesys Xperience19 conference in Denver, Colorado, saw some of the most exciting developments in Customer Experience technology showcased to an eager global audience, and in case anyone was under any illusion about the future of CX – it...

Strategic AI Implementation: Crucial for CX Improvement

Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays an important role in Customer Experience, marketing, and personalisation; It has the power to generate predictions about what goods and services customers are likely to want, when the demand will arise or propensity to switch will...

AI Innovations Unveiled by Genesys at Xperience19

Genesys has introduced new orchestration capabilities powered by AI that connect native and third-party technologies to enable the most comprehensive customer journey management available today. Currently, businesses are adopting an increasing number of artificial intelligence (AI) point solutions to solve specific challenges....

Good and Evil: Can AI Tell the Difference? Customers Have Doubts…

The ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to grasp morality and empathy are among concerns expressed by customers when it comes to interacting digitally with brands. The lack of trust in AI has been revealed by Pegasystems Inc. and research firm Savanta, who...

Setting the Bar for AI/Customer Interaction

The Barbican’s newest exhibition, AI: More than Human, is an artistic exploration of the possibilities that modern technology presents, examining the diverse potential of artificial intelligence (AI).  A particularly striking installation is MakrShakr, a robotic bartender which can mix cocktails for...

How AI can Help, or Hinder, your Customer Experience

Ask the leadership of any reasonably-sized company what technology they’re looking to implement and they’ll almost invariably mention artificial intelligence (AI). In theory, that’s great, because AI has the potential to fundamentally change the way a businesses operates and creates...