Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Amazon is forcing Echo users to give up their privacy or lose functionality

Amazon is flipping the switch on a controversial privacy change that will force all Echo users to send their voice recordings to the cloud—whether they like it or not. Starting March 28, the tech giant is killing off the “Do...

Blueshift unveils AI-powered agents to scale marketing personalisation

Blueshift has introduced Customer AI Agents to help marketing teams scale personalization efforts exponentially. These AI-powered agents enable brands to conduct ten times more personalisation experiments by automating decision-making. As the latest addition to Blueshift’s Customer AI Suite—joining Predictive AI,...

AI to dominate field service management by 2028, research finds

According to a recent report from Information Services Group (ISG), by 2028, two-thirds of enterprises will rely on AI to oversee field service operations, streamlining on-site support and improving efficiency. The ISG Buyers Guides for Field Service Management highlight a...

Glia’s new AI assistant absorbs the wisdom of top-performing human agents

Glia has debuted the Glia Virtual Assistant (GVA) Learning 360, claiming it’s the first AI solution to learn from the real-world experiences of human agents rather than just documents. This approach aims to drastically cut down AI onboarding time while...

Humara AI launch redefines telco digital sales and customer experience

At a gathering of the telco industry’s brightest minds last week, 15gifts’ founder Tom Cox showed off Humara, a powerful Agentic AI, available now. The new sales agent combines an agentic AI with 15 years’ worth of expertise, intuition and...

Chemist Warehouse straps on AI badges, promises fewer empty shelves and faster restocks

Chemist Warehouse is ditching the old-school stock check for something straight out of a sci-fi movie. In a $18 million partnership with Augmodo, the wearable tech provider, Australia’s largest drug retailer is rolling out AI-powered SmartBadges to its store associates,...

Mark Bishof charts a new course for Medallia

Medallia introduced seven AI products, officially unveiled its new look corporate ‘dream team’ and pledged to reinvigorate customer relations at its global conference last week. Mark Bishof, just three months into his role as CEO at the software vendor, used...

Beyond the game: AI-powered captions bring tennis fans closer to the action

Interprefy is revolutionising the fan experience at the Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes tournament by introducing real-time French subtitles on stadium screens using Interprefy AI. This technology allows over 8,000 spectators to follow live coaching, mid-match interviews, and post-match player reactions...

Merit, wages, and workforce changes: the hiring debate heats up

Businesses face pay structure adjustments amid a minimum wage hikeFrom 1 April 2025, the UK’s national living wage rises to £12.21 per hour for over-21s, with similar increases for younger workers. HR insight firm Brightmine reports that nearly 60% of...

Bruce Temkin wants to create human-centric organisations

Making money and delivering growth are at the core of modern business leadership. Deliver these two things, and the rest will take care of itself. In the late ‘90s things started to slowly change. Organisations became more aware of the...