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Agent AI Is Exploding in Contact Centers—Yet the Human Experience Remains Irreplaceable

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Introduction: AI-driven virtual agents, including chatbots and voice assistants, are increasingly integral to customer service operations. Knowledge and Training Constraints AI agents require continuous and meticulous training to provide accurate and relevant responses. Top Benefits and Challenges of Call Center AI Automation.

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Contact Center Automation: Reduce Agent Burnout and Boost Customer Satisfaction

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Contact centers play a significant role in customer experience management. 71% of customers expect personalized communication, and 76% are frustrated if contact centers cant meet these expectations. 71% of customers expect personalized communication, and 76% are frustrated if contact centers cant meet these expectations.

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Optimizing AI Agent Experiences: Leading Providers, Gaps, and Human Support Strategies

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Modern speech recognition systems allow AI agents to interpret natural speech, detect customer intent, and execute tasks seamlessly. Companies like Nuance (now part of Microsoft) pioneered conversational IVR, while Googles Contact Center AI and Amazon Lex provide powerful voice AI solutions. For example, OneReach.ai

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What You Need to Know About Contact Center AI

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Specifically, the world’s leading brands have begun using contact center AI to create a more efficient and effective customer service experience. What is Contact Center AI? How Does Contact Center AI Work? Will Contact Center AI Replace Call Center Agents? The simple answer is no.

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The Conversational AI Journey: What to Expect from Start to Finish

Speaker: Gary Davis, SmartAction CEO

Understanding the work involved before and after you deploy a virtual agent makes all the difference between a poor customer experience and one that’s on par with your best live agent. What happens after go-live, and how to monitor, fine-tune, and train your virtual agent.

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Generative AI in Contact Centers: The Tech and Use Cases Driving a Revolution in Customer Service

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Contact Center AI Generative AI in Contact Centers: The Tech and Use Cases Driving a Revolution in Customer Service Share The contact center landscape is undergoing a dramatic shiftone driven by the adoption and innovation of AI. The speed of the shift has been remarkablebut its also far from over.

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3 ways virtual agents can boost call center efficiency

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Self-service is a hot topic in the call center industry. From knowledge bases to virtual agents, the potential disruption that a solid set of self-service applications can bring to contact center efficiency and customer experience is unquestionable and justifies all the buzz.

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Start Every Conversation with AI: The Front Door for Intelligent Customer Service

Speaker: Brian Morin & Helena Chen from SmartAction

Enter a conversational AI solution for your contact center. AI virtual agents can help resolve a lot of routine and repetitive interactions, but not all are created equal. Self-service is on the rise. More and more customers are looking to solve their own issues without human intervention.

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The Contact Center of the Future with Real-Time AI

What does the contact center of the future look like? Depending on the customer base, you may have 40% of your chat, SMS, and email answered by a chatbot, 30% of voice calls answered by a virtual agent or voice bot, and only 30% actually answered by a human.

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The 5 Categories That Rule Virtual Agents

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, Mark Landry, VP Product, Marilyn Cassedy, Director of Customer Success, SmartAction

It just so happens that whenever we design and deploy a new AI-powered virtual agent over voice, the self-service application invariably falls into one of 5 distinct categories. This has been true for more than a hundred clients encompassing hundreds of use cases across 12 industries.

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Navigating the Worker Shortage in the Contact Center

Speaker: Brian Morin, Helena Chen, and Sofia Burton from SmartAction

The latest trend in the contact center has CX leaders worried -- across industries, there is a massive shortage of workers. Key takeaways: Why there’s a shortage of call center agents during a time of relatively high unemployment. How to mitigate the impact of an understaffed contact center with conversational AI.

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How to Build ROI for Conversational AI

Speaker: Sofia Burton & Tiffany O'Malley from SmartAction

Contact center leaders have faced an onslaught of burdens exacerbated by the pandemic. Agent attrition has always been a huge problem, but now the difficulties of the worker shortage make securing live agents for call centers highly competitive. Determining which calls are best for automation.

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The Post-Covid CX Powered by AI

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, SmartAction & Aarde Cosseboom, Director of GMS Technology and Product, TechStyle Fashion Group

Adapting to a post-COVID world means recession-proofing your contact center with AI that reduces reliance on live agents with virtual agents that are always on, perfectly trained, and at a fraction of the cost. Also joining is SmartAction, who manages the AI-powered CX for more than 100 brands.