Customer service stories
Telecom operators risk stranded pilots if they put AI live too quickly, with 43% of professionals citing rushed rollouts as the biggest mistake.
Frontline device outages are costing logistics and healthcare teams hours a month, pushing mobility from support tool to data source.
Businesses face rising compliance and security risks as SAS adds a single governance layer for AI models and agents across their life cycle.
Small firms in Germany and Greece are first in line for Vodafone Business’s new Google Cloud-backed AI concierge and cyber defence tools.
Automated safety checks and complaint handling are already cutting delays and risks as the steelmaker scales agentic AI across operations.
The customer experience software provider is courting UK and European brands as it passes USD $100 million in annual recurring revenue.
Banks could speed up mortgage approvals and customer service with the new tools, after one lender cut response times by 32%.
The suite is already running with customers in several markets, as Tredence and Google Cloud target enterprise AI projects stuck in pilot mode.
Users can now get help without leaving the app, as Amplitude's new assistant uses in-product data to guide and complete tasks.
Poor service is driving customers away, with 45% of Australians saying one bad retail interaction would make them avoid a retailer.
The bank is formalising its AI push with specialist in-house skills to build and test systems safely for customer use.
Retailers could trim refunds, service queries and fraud losses as the new suite uses data from 200 million shoppers to automate post-purchase changes.
Compliance teams face new blind spots as 61% of UK financial services and insurance staff use generative AI daily, a survey found.
Callers will reach help faster at the retailer as AI now handles routine queries and service requests in US stores, while staff focus on shoppers.
Shoppers can now get tailored product advice online as the retailer’s new tool expands from beta to all users after brisk testing.
Greater control over sensitive data could help UK organisations adopt AI faster, with BT’s new sovereign portfolio aimed at regulated workloads.
Retailers can now link existing AI tools to shop-floor staff through headsets, aiming to speed service without new hardware or retraining.
Clearer rules and institutional flows are making digital assets easier for Australians to trade, particularly younger investors seeking diversification.
Shoppers using AI tools are increasingly valuable to retailers, even as Adobe finds product pages still lag in machine readability.
US wealth clients will get market insights and reminders from Citi Sky as Citi rolls out the AI assistant alongside advisors this summer.