ContactBabel Releases The Inner Circle Guide to AI-Enabled Agent Assistance 

ContactBabel, a research and analysis firm for the contact centre industry, has released its Inner Circle Guide to AI-Enabled Agent Assistance, and it outlines the increased pressure and complexity agents are facing on the frontline. 

Awaken Intelligence, the leading agent guidance and conversational analytics software vendor, is a principal sponsor of the research. 

You can download a copy of the UK or US version of the research here. 

Key Headlines 

• Agents will continue to face pressure, by 2027 it is predicted that telephone conversations will still make up over 60% of all interactions 
• Average call times have increased significantly in the last 20 years, putting pressure on the cost structures of organisations and the experience of customers 
• The majority of organisations no longer believe that AI will replace their agents but is here to support them in tackling complex enquiries
• Most contact centres are still underserving their agents from a technology front. Making complex interactions even harder without satisfactory tools and software 
• AI now handling 20% of web chats independently BUT 92% of email responses handled by agents independently 

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