Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Startups are marketing AI products with lifelike voices to schedule or cancel medical visits and refill prescriptions. (Elise ...

Armen Kirakosian remembers the frustrations of his first job as a call center agent nearly 10 years ago: the aggravated customers, the constant searching through menus for information and the notes he ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. Working in a call center is no walk in the park. Agents deal with a constant influx of calls, ...

Have you ever found yourself repeating the words "speak to a human please" while on the phone with customer service? If so, you're among the roughly 70% of Americans who find interacting with ...

Artificial intelligence products with lifelike voices are being marketed to schedule or cancel medical visits, refill prescriptions, and help triage patients. Soon, many patients might initiate ...

At one call center in the Philippines, workers help Americans with diabetes or neurological conditions troubleshoot devices that monitor their health. Sometimes they get pressing calls: elderly ...