Category: CXM News

ChatGPT Surpasses Google in Key Areas as AI Adoption Soars Among U.S. Consumers

A new study by digital marketing expert Joe Youngblood reveals that artificial intelligence is now a core part of everyday life for most Americans, with three in four U.S. consumers having used an AI tool within the past six months. The...

More Than Half of Customers Now Start Support Journeys Outside Company Channels

A new Gartner survey has revealed that 51% of service journeys now begin on third-party platforms such as Google, YouTube, and generative AI tools like ChatGPT, often without customers ever visiting a brand’s official channels. This trend is particularly strong among...

Alvaria and CallMiner Just Made Contact Centres a Lot Smarter

Alvaria has entered into a strategic partnership with CallMiner to elevate customer experience and drive business impact through AI-powered insights and automation. This collaboration integrates Alvaria’s outbound engagement and compliance capabilities with CallMiner’s advanced analytics and conversation intelligence platform. The two...

This Week in CX: When AI Delivers, and Institutions Fall Behind

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news. This week, we’ve explored how AI is reshaping customer experience across sectors, from drive-thru automation and lagging loyalty programs to growing public sector frustrations and the rise of...

SoundHound AI and Acrelec Team Up to Automate Drive-Thrus with Voice AI

SoundHound AI has announced a global partnership with quick-service restaurant (QSR) tech provider Acrelec to roll out fully automated, voice-enabled drive-thru systems. The collaboration combines SoundHound’s Dynamic Drive-Thru voice technology with Acrelec’s content management and digital signage solutions. As a result,...

AI Agents Might Be the Reason Fraud Detection Tools Are Going Blind

The rapid rise of consumer-facing AI agents is undermining the very systems designed to detect online fraud, and most businesses aren’t prepared for what’s coming. Transmit Security’s new report, Blinded by the Agent, reveals that traditional fraud detection technologies are failing...

Ipsos Brings Human-Centric CX Benchmarking to Qualtrics Marketplace

Ipsos has launched its Forces of CX solution on the Qualtrics XM Marketplace, offering businesses a ready-to-use, research-backed tool to measure and improve customer experience. Developed in collaboration with Qualtrics, the self-guided solution allows organisations to benchmark performance, uncover emotional drivers...

Treasure Data Launches Enterprise AI Agents Built on Unified Customer Data

Customer data platform provider Treasure Data has expanded its AI Agent ecosystem to help enterprises deploy generative AI tools that are both powerful and safe to use at scale. Built on its core customer data platform and powered by Amazon...

Digital Grocery Loyalty Isn’t Keeping Up with Its 71% Adoption Rate

Online grocery shopping is now firmly part of American consumer behaviour: 71% of shoppers have done it, and half do it at least once a month. But a new survey from composable commerce provider VTEX shows that loyalty hasn’t caught...

PCI Pal Brings AI Fraud Detection to the Voice Channel

PCI Pal has launched a new Fraud Management Suite aimed at tackling card-not-present (CNP) fraud in contact centres, a growing problem as voice payments remain vulnerable compared to e-commerce. The first feature in the suite is real-time AI risk scoring for...