Chatbots

Your Next Therapist Might Be Powered By AI

The line between humans and artificial intelligence is becoming more blurry. A joint team of AI researchers from UCLA and USC, working as the startup Textpert, have built TEVI (Textpert Empathetic Virtual Interface), an advanced chatbot capable of talking and problem-solving “using unscripted natural … Read More

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4 razones realistas para temer a los robots y la Inteligencia Artificial

Sin embargo, los estafadores también podrían desarrollar chatbots para comunicarse con los clientes del banco y engañarlos, o simplemente secuestrar equipos a cambio de rescates. Desde luego, con los chatbots ya no será necesario que haya comunicación directa entre víctimas y criminales, … Read More

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A chatbot can now offer you protection against volatile airline prices

A chatbot can now offer you protection against volatile airline prices. It's the same bot, DoNotPay, that helped users protest parking tickets and even sue Equifax for small sums of money. Joshua Browder, a junior at Stanford University, designed the new service on the bot in a few months, after … …

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Diamond Bank launches Artificial Intelligence-powered Chatbot for millions of Nigerian customers

Diamond Bank – Nigeria's fastest growing retail bank – has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbot, leveraging pioneering technology to reach more customers with an enhanced service in Nigeria. The Chatbot named 'Ada' uses AI technology to provide a human-like interaction and personalized … Read More

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Team UBA Leo; The human side to artificial intelligence

After a review of Leo, an AI-powered Facebook chatbot developed by the United Bank for Africa (UBA), naturally there were unanswered questions. … More enhanced chatbots use the machine learning algorithms of a Natural Language Processor (NLP) to simulate natural conversation flow between … Read More

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AI – Do I Need it? – Guest Editorial

As I mention chatbots use machine learning to achieve NLP (Natural Language Processing), what I didn't mention is that machine learning comes in a number of different flavours – these are supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning and reinforcement learning. Each of these … Read More

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Digital no longer just a “nice to have” for brokers, research reveals

This includes having a social media presence and using online consultations through mobile apps and chatbots,” Chadwick said. “These new coming generations are marked by how untraditional they are – lower marriage rates, homeowner rates, driving rates, etc – as well as having a deep connection … Read More

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Will E-Store Chatbots Replace Human Customer Service Reps?

Is technology a friend or a foe? That's what a lot of workers are asking these days. Some people fear the push towards automation will kill jobs. Meanwhile, others are hopeful it will increase productivity, reduce costs for consumers and transform the job market (without killing it). The truth likely …

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Chatbots: a ‘quick win’ in improving government service delivery

As our government looks towards new technologies to enhance services to South Africa's 55 million citizens and residents, chatbots appear as a valuable tool, with the potential to transform the way people engage with government departments, says Saurabh Kumar, CEO at In2IT Technologies. Read More

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Progress Launches AI-Driven Chatbot, Progress NativeChat

BEDFORD, Mass.–(Business Wire)–Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS), the leading provider of application development and deployment technologies, today announced the availability of Progress® NativeChat™, the artificial intelligence-driven platform for creating and deploying chatbots. Unlike other … Read More