You’re gonna love me for this. Say you’re calling customer service because you need help. Maybe your bill is wrong, your service is down or you want a refund. Instead of a person, a cheerful AI voice ...

You’re gonna love me for this. Say you’re calling customer service because you need help. Maybe your bill is wrong, your service is down or you want a refund. Instead of a person, a cheerful AI voice ...

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Alex Rivlin was tackling a last-minute task for his European vacation. That’s how he got snagged in an artificial intelligence-enabled scam. Rivlin, who runs a real estate company in Las Vegas, needed ...

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In Aesop’s fable “The North Wind and the Sun,” the two forces of nature argue over who is stronger. To settle the debate, they test their power on a passing traveler by trying to remove his cloak. The ...

WTF?! Across the United States, consumers are confronting a new kind of obstacle when seeking help from companies and government agencies: a maze of automated systems, endless wait times, and ...

This past school year, a parent reached out to me. In our very first communication, she threatened to go to the school board if I did not locate an assignment that we later discovered her child had ...

When Helenann Knopp realized the dishwasher she'd bought online and had delivered didn't include installation, she went searching online for a customer service number. Instead, the New Jersey woman ...

Fintech company Klarna, known for its “buy now, pay later” services, is going back on its decision to replace human workers with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The company has previously claimed that ...