Top 10 conversational AI trends for 2023

Vonage hosted the ‘What’s Next for Conversational AI’ panel during VUX @ VOICE22, a full day of VUX World programming at VOICE22 in Arlington, VA.
5 steps to selecting the perfect partner for conversational automation

Recently, we wrote about Florida Blue’s multi-channel assistant. A Visual IVR system with a voice assistant that helps the health insurance company’s customers apply for replacement Digital ID cards.
Conversations Squared #1 – Emily Uematsu Banzhaf

Emily Uematsu Banzhaf, Content Designer at WillowTree, talks to Ben McCulloch about conversation design. Emily is also a conversation/VUI designer, she leads the ethical use taskforce at Open Voice Network, and she’s a professional violinist!
Conversational AI in the emerging web 3 landscape, with Brandon Kaplan, CIO, Journey

Brandon Kaplan, CIO, Journey discusses how conversational AI is emerging in the web 3 landscape.
Is our love for the web holding us back?

Many of the brands Kane interviews on VUX World are taking careful 1st steps into conversational AI. They already have a website, they have a smartphone app, they have a contact centre, and they’ve begun creating a chatbot or voicebot. The majority of those brands are from America and Europe. In emerging markets it’s a […]
Why you should take data privacy more seriously

Sometimes I tell people I work in conversational AI and they say “I don’t have an Alexa or Google Assistant because I don’t want tech companies to record everything I say.” Have you experienced the same? We could break down their statement. We could point out that their mobile phone also has the potential to […]
Why should you measure bots like humans?

You’ll get a variety of answers if you ask anyone with a call centre bot how they measure its success. They might measure containment rates (how many callers were serviced by the bot without any help from a human agent). They might also measure CSAT (customer satisfaction score) and NPS (net promoter score).
Building an effective digital assistant for banking with Bill Hawks, Citizens Bank

Bill hawks joins us to talk through just how important it is to have an effective digital assistant for banks and the role that it plays.
Holistic AI services: the future of CX?

We have best practices when implementing Conversational AI – find the repetitive tasks you do every day that don’t require analytical thought to solve, and then see if they can be solved with an automated system. We know it works. That’s great. We have a starting point! But what’s after that? If you tackle the […]
Why context is truth in conversational AI

If you want to understand how machines pick apart the things we say to pull relevant data from it then you simply must listen to Raj Tumuluri! Don’t just believe us though – Openstream AI was recognized by Gartner as the sole Visionary in the January 2022 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms.