Customer service stories
Customer service and revenue are taking a hit as Australian employers struggle to fill critical roles, a survey finds.
Business partners can now handle quotes, faults and account tasks in one place as Superloop adds an AI assistant to Krypton.
Businesses will be able to automate sales, support and back-office tasks as Salesforce rolls out role-specific AI agents with built-in controls.
Support response times have fallen as the sports technology company lets AI triage routine queries for teams across 139 countries.
Users must opt in and fund a separate sub-account as Bybit folds trades and support into one chat window, with risk controls in place.
It could ease staffing bottlenecks and cut waits for multilingual customers, as live translation is built into one support workflow.
AI-driven service delivery and stronger client results helped TP secure Frost & Sullivan's top Asia-Pacific customer experience honour.
The new system aims to let organisations test decisions and automate responses in live customer interactions before its 2027 release.
Banks and contact centres can now let AI agents take payments without exposing card data, while keeping PCI-DSS controls intact.
The appointments bolster Algolia's push into enterprise AI, as it seeks to turn search into a trusted retrieval layer for customer data.
Travellers at Boston Logan now have a multilingual AI avatar directing them to gates and baggage claim, easing pressure on airport staff.
The new tools could automate up to 80% of service workflows, letting retailers handle orders, returns and refunds without manual handoffs.
Customer service volumes fell by about 30% on the first day after an AI system went live, while satisfaction stayed above target.
UK retailers could miss the mark on digital spending, with shoppers valuing reliable basics such as pricing and returns over flashier AI tools.
The bank aims to speed up customer payments and back-office tasks as it deepens use of Stripe's systems across its group.
Loan servicers could see fewer escalations and faster calls as the new interface also creates an audit trail for compliance checks.
Bounce says the switch is freeing staff for guest service after Dojo's POS setup shaved more than 30 seconds off each transaction.
Logistics customers will be able to query stock and delivery data in plain English as Diamond tests a new AI agent for Despatchlab.
More than half of employers say a prolonged vacancy is as costly as a rushed bad hire, with lost business and staff strain mounting fast.
Growth now rests on managed IT and cyber defence as the Bromsgrove firm serves more than 400 organisations and builds AI voice agents.