chatbots

Payments’ Stranger Things
Payments’ Stranger Things
August 13, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

The payments world could very well be living in the Upside Down. The Upside Down is the fictional parallel universe controlled by a hive mind...

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IPOs Sizzle Amid Stocks, While Ripple Gets Served
IPOs Sizzle Amid Stocks, While Ripple Gets Served
July 06, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle IPOs: See a renaissance of sorts, topping $35 billion in 2018, amid the fastest pace in 20 years and among verticals as far-flung as...

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Chatbots Could Save Retail, Banking, Healthcare Billions Annually
Chatbots Could Save Retail, Banking, Healthcare Billions Annually
July 05, 2018  |  Chatbots

The adoption of chatbots in retail, banking, and healthcare will save companies $11 billion each year by 2023, according to new research from Juniper Research....

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Self-Service Kiosks Boost Consumer Spending By 30 Percent
Self-Service Kiosks Boost Consumer Spending By 30 Percent
June 26, 2018  |  Retail

With the introduction of kiosks, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are speeding up the traditional ordering process. But these devices can do more than allow customers to...

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Teams Compete To Create The Best AI Chatbot And Win $3.5M Alexa Prize
Teams Compete To Create The Best AI Chatbot And Win $3.5M Alexa Prize
June 14, 2018  |  Alexa

Eight teams are working to build chatbots using Amazon’s resources and win the Alexa Skills $1.5 million prize (with $2 million in other grants and...

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The Chatbot Revolution: When, Not If
The Chatbot Revolution: When, Not If
May 17, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Sometime around the year 2000, small business (SMB) owners woke up one day and realized they needed a website. The case for SMBs having their...

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Major Updates Coming To Microsoft’s Chatbot Tools
Major Updates Coming To Microsoft’s Chatbot Tools
May 08, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has revealed that a major update is coming to the company’s conversational AI tools. The update will allow users to more...

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AI Bots Can Help Retailers Serve Customers
AI Bots Can Help Retailers Serve Customers
April 30, 2018  |  eCommerce

Consumers may have only two to three shopping apps on their phones – even though there is a whole universe of eCommerce companies with mobile...

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Unattended Retail Can Boost Visits To Stores
Unattended Retail Can Boost Visits To Stores
April 19, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers want their orders faster than ever before. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are working to make the ordering process faster too. Wendy’s, for example, planned to...

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