Category: Digital Experience

RingCentral Acquires CommunityWFM to Advance Contact Center AI

RingCentral has announced its acquisition of CommunityWFM, a cloud-based, AI-first workforce management software provider for contact centres. This move enhances RingCentral’s RingCX platform by integrating advanced workforce management (WFM) capabilities designed to streamline operations and improve the overall agent experience. The...

CMOs Still Make Decisions on Gut Feeling, But Synthetic Research Could Change That

Marketing professionals are used to operating on gut, even in a data-heavy world. As their organisation grows, following that instinct can remain natural as they become senior leaders. Changing the need to rely on the old gut, Qualtrics has been...

AI Is Becoming a Financial Advisor, And High Earners Are Leading the Way

Trust in artificial intelligence as a tool for financial decision-making is growing rapidly, according to Raisin’s latest Summer Savings Series study. The research shows that nearly three in ten U.S. households earning more than $150,000 now use AI to guide...

OpenAI Plans New Safety Guardrails for ChatGPT Amid Rising Concerns

OpenAI has announced a new wave of safety measures for ChatGPT, aiming to better protect vulnerable users and strengthen safeguards for teens. The company said Tuesday it will begin routing sensitive conversations to its advanced “reasoning models,” such as GPT-5-thinking,...

From Stadium to Screen: 8×8 Deepens Partnership with Southampton

8×8 has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Southampton Football Club, extending the partnership with both the Men’s and Women’s First Teams through the 2025/26 season. Since first teaming up, 8×8’s contact centre and communications technology have played a key role in...

AI Set to Replace Google as Business Research Tool, Experts Predict

Google’s quarter-century reign as the default gateway for business research may be nearing its end. A new study from Bospar suggests that AI could overtake the search giant within the next decade, replacing links and endless results with direct recommendations...

Kasisto Delivers AI That Thinks Like a Banker 

The future of AI in banking just took a major leap forward. Kasisto has unveiled KAIgentic, the first agentic AI platform purpose-built for banks and credit unions. Unlike generic large language models and experimental agent frameworks, KAIgentic is production-ready, compliant...

Americans Keep Using the Same Passwords, Even as Attacks Surge

Despite years of high-profile breaches and phishing scams, almost half of U.S. consumers still admit to reusing the same password across multiple accounts, according to a new survey commissioned by Yubico. The nationwide study, conducted by Talker Research across the ten...

When Will AI in Learning Live Up to the Hype?

Artificial intelligence might be dominating headlines in the learning-tech space, but according to new research from the Fosway Group, most of the bold promises are still more potential than practice. In fact, Fosway’s analysis shows that of all the shiny AI...

Anthropic’s Claude Can Now Walk Away from Abusive Conversations

Anthropic is experimenting with something few tech companies have dared to consider: giving its AI models the power to end conversations. The company has rolled out this capability in Claude Opus 4 and 4.1, but only for what it calls “rare,...