Customer service stories
Despite widespread trust and security fears, 15% of Singapore consumers have used autonomous AI in the past six months, EY found.
RingCentral broadens AI Receptionist to SMS, WhatsApp and call queues as it targets smaller businesses with multilingual customer service automation.
Acceldata and ServiceNow link data quality scores to AI workflows, aiming to help enterprises spot unreliable data and speed issue resolution.
8x8 upgrades Platform for CX with AI Studio, live queue dashboards and silent mobile authentication to cut integration delays and login friction.
AMD unveils Instinct MI350P PCIe card to let enterprises run AI inference in standard air-cooled servers without major data centre upgrades.
The move aims to help enterprises govern AI tools across clouds and systems as they wrestle with rising risk, complexity and automation.
Weverse expands Google Cloud AI support to handle fan enquiries in 245 countries and regions, backing multilingual service during peak artist events.
Poor data can make AI agents scale errors at speed, leaving customer-facing systems unreliable and potentially non-compliant.
Businesses can now retain customer context across voice, messaging and AI hand-offs as Twilio broadens its engagement platform.
PolyAI taps Kong to unify API management as it expands enterprise AI services, adding self-service onboarding, analytics and monetisation controls.
Celonis and Microsoft link Agent 365 with process intelligence to help firms govern AI agents, track impact and avoid pilot purgatory.
Shippers could cut manual work and intermediary costs as the platform automates carrier selection, documents and exception handling.
Syspro opens marketplace to help manufacturers and distributors add partner software for analytics, AI, eCommerce and compliance.
Long Lake to buy American Express Global Business Travel for USD $6.3 billion, with investor backing and a plan to take the company private.
Shoppers are being urged to scrutinise online sellers after search data showed a sharp rise in queries for bought credibility signals.
Anthropic teams up with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs to form an enterprise AI services firm for mid-sized businesses.
The move puts the AI software company closer to enterprise buyers, investors and partners as it scales after adding more than 100 customers last year.
Avant's AI virtual agent now resolves 62% of card-service calls, as the lender uses automation to cut waits and free staff for complex cases.
CRA used 19 AI systems this tax season, with a generative chatbot handling 445,000 chats as online tax filing topped 95.6 per cent.
Keen AI and SP Energy Networks unveil IConn to cut UK grid connection checks to seconds as demand for wind, solar and battery projects surges.