Rise of the ChatFAQ or InfoBot
Not all businesses need an AI-powered mega-chatbot capable of answering every question up to and including “what is the meaning of life?” The rise of chatbots handing out specific information in a FAQ-like format is an increasingly popular choice, creating InfoBots that can fulfill a specific function neatly and efficiently while saving the user time…
Chatbot Tech on the March Into Wider Business and Engagement
As with most technologies, like GPS, apps and VR, they might start out in their own little bubble but are soon adopted by a wider range of services that can make use of them. The same is true with chatbots, with the underlying language features making their mark in other areas. You might think a…
The Biggest Sextech Trends to Be Excited About (and Some Caveats)
1. On demand companionship and sex positive chatbots The adaptable, malleable and entirely programmable on demand companionship that is being engineered by developers and companies, such as Microsoft, has been decades in the making. At The Chatbot, we’ve explored many aspects of how these programmes are changing, and assimilating into, our lives – in commerce,…
After Years of Google Updates, Now SEO and Content Has to Be Aligned in a Better Way
In full-funnel marketing, each and every aspect of the user-experience has to be tweaked for optimal results. Nobody has seen more proof of how well this works than our chatbot specialists who work behind the scene to serve all the new leads that are being generated as a result of a well-planned marketing operation. Several…
How Chatbots and AI Could Play Out in the Smart Future
In the week that Elon Musk talks about the progress in his Neuralink brain-machine-interface business, discussion about AI and where it will take us is raging. Will robots rely on human smarts? Will people tolerate robots in their homes and how will chatbots evolve beyond text on the screen? Robots in the media have been…
Chatbots Grow into Sales and Marketing Tools
The evolution of chatbots from a customer support tool continues as retailers, events, hotels, airlines and other sales-focused businesses seek to claw back some of the trade lost to scalpers, scrapers and comparison sites. The wide range of ways to buy almost any product online creates confusion, brand dilution and further moves the consumer away…