“Banking and Retail are the two industries that will deliver the largest AI investments over the forecast period. Together, the two industries will account for roughly one quarter of all AI spending worldwide. Among the 30 AI use cases identified by IDC, Augmented Customer Service Agents will see the most spending throughout the forecast, reaching…
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Start talking: The true potential of conversational AI in the enterprise
“Best understood as a combination of AI technologies — Natural Language Processing (NLP), Speech Recognition, and Deep Learning — conversation AI allows people and computers to have spoken or written conversations in everyday language in real-time. And, it is seeing good demand, with one source projecting that the market will grow 20% year on year…
AI-powered personalization: The key to unlocking ecommerce growth
“Forty percent of customers prefer targeted ads aligned to what they are looking for to make the buying process easier. This could be why behaviorally targeted ads are twice as effective as non-targeted ads. AI helps marketers run more targeted brand campaigns, which eventually helps them decrease their marketing spend and increase their revenue. A…
Panera Tests Voice AI as QSRs Automate to Meet Drive-Thru Demand
“Fast-casual brand Panera Bread, which has more than 2,100 bakery-cafes in the United States and Canada, is testing artificial intelligence (AI) voice ordering technology at two of its upstate New York locations. The brand announced Monday (Aug. 29) that it is trying out “Tori,” an automated drive-thru voice assistant created by tech company OpenCity, which…
3 myths about chatbot design, busted
“According to a recent Gartner report, by 2027 chatbots will become the primary customer service channel for roughly a quarter of organizations. Over half (54%) of survey respondents said they are already using some form of chatbot, virtual customer assistant (VCA) or other conversational AI platform for customer-facing applications. Myth 1: Conversational AI chatbots are…