Tag: Digital transformation

Phishing Through AI? Hidden Email Prompts Can Trick Google’s Gemini

As AI tools have become integrated into our daily workflows, customer experience professionals must remain aware of emerging risks. One such concern has just come to light, as Google’s Gemini chatbot can potentially be manipulated to spread phishing attacks. Gemini, part...

Meta Acquires AI Voice Startup PlayAI to Boost Its Generative Audio Capabilities

Meta has acquired PlayAI, a generative voice technology startup that enables the creation of realistic, human-sounding speech. The deal, confirmed by a Meta spokesperson and first reported by Bloomberg, signals Meta’s deepening investment in AI as it looks to expand...

Smart TV Ads Take Center Stage in Holiday Shopping, LG Study Finds

Nearly 6 in 10 U.S. Connected TV (CTV) viewers now say that TV ads help guide their holiday purchases, which is a 73% increase from last year. And when it comes to inspiration, 36% say they’ve gotten gift ideas from...

AI Steps Into the Supervisor’s Chair: Intermedia Unveils Real-Time Coaching for Contact Centres

Intermedia Cloud Communications has introduced AI Supervisor Assist, a new AI-powered tool that gives contact centre supervisors the superpower of real-time insight and intervention while calls are still in progress. Designed to help leaders guide their teams more effectively in...

Amazon Web Services Debuts AI Agent Marketplace, Powered by Anthropic’s Claude

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of its AI Agent Marketplace, a platform designed to bring prebuilt AI agents to companies with just a few clicks. Slated to go live next week, the new marketplace aims to simplify...

How Smarter Data Can Transform Customer Experience

Customers move fast. Most feedback systems don’t. And that gap is killing the customer experience. Companies are investing heavily in platforms that promise better insights, but most still struggle to turn feedback into action. The data comes in too late....

How Orange Business Plans to Stay Ahead by Rethinking Its Entire Digital Backbone

Orange Business is in the midst of a sizeable transformation designed to modernise how it operates, delivers services, and competes in a market increasingly shaped by AI, automation, and customer expectations for speed and simplicity. At the heart of this overhaul...

Are You Tech-Ready, or Just Tech-Enthusiastic?

According to a recent Gartner survey of more than 200 customer service and support leaders, being savvy at choosing tech solutions only got teams halfway to success. Those proficient in evaluating vendors and products saw a 50% higher chance of...

Beyond the Memes: AI-Generated Imagery as a Marketing Gamechanger

ChatGPT’s new image generator has sparked a viral trend—from personalised Barbies to Simpson-style images flooding social media. But the memes phenomenon is more than just entertainment, it represents just one of the capabilities of a new marketing tool. Generative AI (GenAI)...

AI Takes the Call: PayJunction and Twilio Launch Secure IVR Payment Integration

In a move set to reshape phone payment operations, PayJunction has partnered with Twilio to bring AI-powered Interactive Voice Response (IVR) capabilities directly into PayJunction’s payment ecosystem. This will enable merchants to automate secure phone payments, streamline workflows, and reduce...