AI Articles and Analysis about Customer service

The applications of natural language processing (NLP) have been increasing as more companies find uses for their text data. This includes insurance companies with large stores of data from claims and customer support tickets.

Banks and investment organizations usually have large research teams that are tasked with investigating and monitoring events that might affect financial trading markets. Investment research is a business function in these firms and is a fundamental part of what is required from analysts, equity managers, investors, and traders.

Facial recognition software is making its way into the mainstream, with consumer applications such as the ability to unlock one’s smartphone with their face. The banking sector has been at the forefront of enterprise adoption of AI since machine learning became the hot topic of the business world in the early years of the decade; as such, it makes sense that facial recognition technology would start to make its way into banking.

According to a 2017 report by the Financial Stability Board, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning firms managed assets of over $10 billion in 2017, with further growth projected in the next five years. The reasons for this are clear; AI can now present wealth managers with new capabilities to enhance and further personalize their services, at scale.

IDC estimated the size of overall AI-related spending in the banking industry in their Worldwide Semiannual Cognitive Artificial Intelligence Systems Spending Guide report at around $3.3 billion in 2018. It follows that AI would find its way into the banking world. We covered the current state of AI banking applications in the US and India in our previous reports, and in this report, we're going to focus on where AI can be leveraged for customer service applications in banking. This report covers vendors offering software across three functions:

Statista estimated that the market for partially autonomous cars will be at $36 billion by 2025, and the market for fully autonomous cars will be at $6 billion. We researched the automotive space to discover how and where AI might be driving business value for companies in the auto industry. The companies in this report all claim to offer one of two sectors of the industry:

Deloitte estimated the size of the global travel and tourism industry at around $1.6 trillion in 2017. When adding in the indirect and induced economic contributions of related activities, the travel and tourism industry accounts for 10.4% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Although it's clear that AI is only beginning to make its way into the insurance sector, Accenture estimates that big investments in AI could increase the annual profitability of insurers by 20%.