Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI: The Smartest Travel Companion of Summer 2025

Generative AI has entered the travel chat, and it’s making waves. According to new Qlik research, many vacationers are embracing generative AI as a trusted travel companion. The findings point to a broader shift in how people make decisions, not...

ASAPP Levels Up Contact Center AI with New Accuracy and Trust Tools

ASAPP has unveiled major updates to its flagship product, GenerativeAgent—an AI voice and chat agent designed to handle complex, multi-step conversations. With this expansion, ASAPP offers tools that strike the right balance between automation at scale and the human oversight...

Digital Ad Overload? Southeast Asia Wants Smarter, More Relevant Campaigns

A new regional study from The Trade Desk reveals that 66% of Southeast Asian consumers are ignoring repetitive ads shown on the same channel, signalling a major problem with how brands are managing media strategies. The report argues that siloed,...

Robots in Aisle 4? Shoppers Aren’t Sold on Retail Tech Yet

A new consumer study from SPAR Group reveals a simple but powerful truth about in-store shopping: if products aren’t available, shoppers won’t stick around. According to the 2025 SPAR Consumer Survey, 74% of shoppers cite product availability as their top...

InMoment Sets New Standard for Customer Engagement With Generative AI for Reviews

InMoment, part of Press Ganey Forsta, has unveiled a new AI Auto Responding feature within its Reputation Management platform. This tool aims to help multi-location businesses streamline how they manage online customer reviews, saving time while improving personalisation and brand...

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...

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...