Need for better customer service drives smart tech investments

Need for better customer service drives smart tech investments

Investments in technologies focused on the customer – such as chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics – are rapidly becoming a top priority for customer service and support (CSS) leaders, according to Gartner. In a survey of service leaders in...
Aurora Australis lights up the southern sky

Aurora Australis lights up the southern sky

An image, taken from aboard the International Space Station, shows the aurora australis as it streams across the Earth’s atmosphere as the station orbited 271 miles above the southern Indian Ocean between Asia and Antarctica. Named for the Roman goddess of dawn,...
Algorithms more trustworthy than politicians, say youth

Algorithms more trustworthy than politicians, say youth

Young people hold more faith in governance by robots than humans and view corruption, climate change and stale political leadership as the most urgent risks. These are among the conclusions from the Davos Lab Dialogues, where more than 2-million young people shared...
Teens more likely to fall for online scams

Teens more likely to fall for online scams

A new study has found that tech-savvy teens and young adults are falling for online scams at a higher rate than seniors. Victims 20 and younger grew by 156% from 2017 to 2020 compared to 112% for seniors. The 9 053 young victims in 2017 jumped to 23 186 last year....
Combining AI with human perspectives could get forecasts right

Combining AI with human perspectives could get forecasts right

By John K Williams, Ph.D – 2020 saw the worst wildfire season on the US west coast since records have been kept. By the end of the year, roughly 4% of California’s acreage had been burned. The fires also broke the weather forecasts. When there are active...