VUX World

WellSaid is at the forefront of AI-generated voices and has been proving bleeding edge voice technology since late 2018. Brain took over as CEO in January 2024 and is leading the charge to scale WellSaid to new heights. Brian joins me to discuss the voice generation market, use cases, ethics surrounding voice cloning and where all this is headed.Check out WellSaidBe sure to read about 'A tech firm stole our voices - then cloned and sold them'WellSaid Labs Creates NPR’s First AI Podcast EpisodeGo back and listen to - Speech-to-speech synthesis with Alex Serdiuk, CEO, Respeecher Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Agony Agent, Ben McCulloch welcomes conversation design experts Ilana Meir and Peter Isaacs to tackle pressing issues faced by conversation AI designers. Ilana, a freelance conversation designer with extensive experience in AR, VR, and healthcare, and Peter, a senior conversation design advocate at Voiceflow, share insights on improving bot interactions, overcoming organisational challenges, and leveraging large language models (LLMs).Key topics include how to navigate archaic systems when designing seamless user experiences, managing sentiment analysis in conversation design, and balancing the demands of impulsive sales teams with technical developers. They also discuss the impact of context switching for designers managing multiple brands and the challenges of fine-tuning LLMs for scalable AI solutions.This episode is a must-listen for anyone in the conversational AI industry, offering practical advice on how to combine technical and creative expertise to build better, more human-like interactions. Whether you're refining chatbots or introducing generative AI, you'll find valuable strategies to implement right away.00:00.0 Intro04:58.5 Creating beautiful interactions with archaic solutions11:05.2 Learn sentiment analysis and do emotionally sensitive conversation design17:19.6 Educating user to speak so the NLU understands21:17.1 Using LLMs for intent recognition22:54.1 Meaningful success metrics27:49.1 Advocating for a holistic view between competing stakeholders32:38.2 Balancing Gen AI obsession with its abilities37:30.0 How to build a chatbot that matches ChatGPT39:19.6 Preparation before building40:47.1 Think about frameworks where conversations will happen41:56.6 Finetuning LLMs44:33.6 Making people see value of CAI and experts46:17.6 Is chatgpt a good way to show what CAI can do?47:47.1 CXD for SaaS services with LLM solutions51:52.1 How to advocate for your role54:19.6 Context switching multiple brands in a services organisation as a manager58:24.6 How to go beyond information provided by client when training an assistant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Martin Musiol is the founder of Generativeai.net, an online learning platforms that teaches data scientists and others about generative AI. Martin joins me to chat about his experience and the value of generative AI for businesses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I'm joined by one of the founding team members of Google Assistant and all round AI legend, Vlad Vuskovic. Vlad has been instrumental in Google's AI efforts from a product management perspective and joins us to share more on the AI tools and capabilities Google offers enterprises, as well as some practical advice for implementing successfully based on years of experience in the field. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cooper Johnson is a Voice UX Designer at Gridspace, one of the leading voice AI technology companies. Cooper joins us to share his perspectives on how generative AI is and has impacted the voice UI landscape. Cooper will share insights into what's changed, what's stayed the same and advice on how to design voice AI agents that work properly! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Falene McKenna is arguably the most charismatic member of the conversation design community. With a wealth of experience in conversation design particularly as it pertains to robots!Falene join me to share lessons learned in designing conversations for robots and specifically about the uncanny valley: what it is, why it matters and whether we can or should cross it.Visit Falenes LinkedIn Check out Lingua Robotica Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Smullen is the CEO of Pypestream, an AI automation platform making waves with its approach to design and operationalising conversational experiences. Tune in to find out why CSAT and NPS are dead, why happiness should be your true north KPI, the future of the contact centre and what we’ll do with all the jobless call centre workers **grits teeth**. Learn the 4 missing pieces of your AI strategy and why you’re struggling to fill them.Myself and Richard share so many similar perspectives on how to do AI right in the enterprise. This will be a bone shattering journey of cognitive dissonance if you’re not open to change. Be open. Dive in.1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The loveholidays AI team join us to share their lessons learned from implementing the award-winning AI assistant, Sandy.Eugene Neale, Director of Business IT and CX Engineering, and Tom Smith, Telecommunications Operations Manager at loveholidays, the UK's fastest growing and largest online travel agent, share use cases, lessons learned and best practices from years spent designing and building Sandy with Google DialogFlow.Subscribe to https://vux.world/subscribe for weekly updates on how to implement AI effectively in your organisation.Unparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here - https://www.unparsedconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hazel Savage is the VP Music Intelligence at SoundCloud and the founder of Musiio; a tech company using AI to make music easier to catalogue and find.Hazel joins us to discuss the role of AI in music, the opportunities, challenges and future.Subscribe to https://vux.world/subscribe for weekly updates on how to implement AI effectively in your organisation.Unparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here - https://www.unparsedconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ricardo Herreros Symons is the VP Corporate Development and Strategy at AI speech to text company, Speechmatics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI GPT4o: What's new and what's the impact on CX? Today I'm joined by Marc Bernstein, CEO, Balto, to discuss the new updates from OpenAI, GPT-4o, and what it means for the future of CX. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the granular details of measuring intent and LLM-based chatbot effectiveness to the strategic implementation of AI across business units, Eric provides an in-depth analysis on the importance of data-driven decisions in the era of AI transformation.Join us as we discuss how businesses can leverage analytics to optimise customer interactions, the common pitfalls in current AI strategies, and the future of AI in customer service.In this episode00:00 Introduction and UNPARSED conference - Find out more at https://unparsedconf.com4:32 Welcom Eric Griffing7:25 Best practice for measuring LLM agents12:10 Differences tracking ML and LLM bots14:00 Goal completion19:00 What's missing22:00 How to set up tracking on chatbots24:50 Tracking LLM chatbots30:37 Air Canada's chatbot issues33:38 LLM guardrails37:00 Using data to inform your AI strategy41:00 Effort over satisfaction44:30 Tracking customer effort in chatbots48:40 Market demand for AI analytics55:40 Wrap upSubscribe to https://vux.world/subscribe for weekly updates on how to implement AI effectively in your organisation.Learn more from Dashbot:https://www.dashbot.io/blog/360-bot-frameworkhttps://www.dashbot.io/blog/inside-the-black-box-analyzing-your-llm-bothttps://www.dashbot.io/blog/navigating-the-shift-from-intent-based-to-language-model-chatbotsUnparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ofer Ronen is an ex-Googler with some immense experience in deploying AI systems for large enterprises including the infamous example of Agent Assist at Verizon. Ofer’s third startup is tomato.ai, a company that has AI technology that’ll strip away your accent! Or soften it, rather.Ofer joins us to share his lessons learned from years of deploying AI in the enterprise, as well as the use cases, value and technicalities of this new breed of AI technology: voice filtering and accent softening.Unparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here - https://www.unparsedconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Ezekiel is founder and CEO of one of the longest standing conversational AI platforms, Creative Virtual. Chris joins us to discuss the changing landscape of conversational AI and the recipe for longevity and long term success.Unparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here - https://www.unparsedconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can AI make your job search easier? I'm joined by Head of Product - Conversations at Total Jobs Group, Somnath Biswas to discuss. Som has immense experience in project management and AI and knows what it takes to make AI work at scale. He joins me to share some lessons in implementing conversational AI in a highly stressful and emotional situation: the job search.Do customers want this? What conversations do they want and need? How can you make sure you can serve those needs at scale? What people, process and technology do you need to make it happen? What's the role of generative AI and large language models? And what does the future of job hunting look like?Let's dive in!00:00 Introduction 04:27 Welcome Somnath 09:25 Organised groups11:50 Conversational interfaces17:45 Measuring lifetime value20:15 Next steps after conversational formats28:00 Making improvements36:00 Model producing responses38:55 Multi agent46:40 Augmented retrieval 52:22 User / response input stage 58:50 Different prompt criteria1:04:40 OutroUnparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here - https://www.unparsedconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This immersion into the world of contact centre technology coupled with extensive operational experience has formed the backdrop to Nerys carrying out regular Contact Centre audits, Delivering Transformation programmes; Judging prestigious awards like the European Contact Centre and Customer Service Awards; Chairing the DMA Contact Centre Council for 3 years and being a regular on the webinar, keynote and podcast circuit talking all things Contact Centre.00:00 Introduction 02:00 Welcome Nerys05:30 Managing contact centres - what did they get right?07:40 Barriers to getting things right 12:00 Mandating self service options16:25 The voice channel 25:00 Better service models31:15 What the future of the market looks like36:40 Labour market in contact centers49:50 Context of conversations57:00 Responsible AI1:00:20 The next 12 months1:01:50 OutroVist Nerys LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/neryscorfield/Unparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here - https://www.unparsedconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for a thought-provoking episode of VUX World, with Brandon Nott, CPO, Amelia, and Nick Orlando, Director of Product, Amelia. Amelia is an enterprise conversational AI platform at the forefront of integrating Generative AI (GenAI) within the AI ecosystem. We'll dive into how GenAI revolutionises dialog systems for transactional tasks, emphasising its role as a tool that, when combined with classical AI, unlocks unparalleled efficiency and creativity. We will cover the essentials of deploying conversational interfaces, the strategic balance between GenAI and classic platforms, and the nuanced decisions behind selecting the right mix of AI solutions based on context, risk, and operational requirements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott Hamilton is the Principle, Banking and Lending Strategy Leader at Prodigal Tech, an actionable intelligence platform for consumer finance. Scott's background is in lead six sigma and joins me to speak about why for most organisations, your AI automation journey is in fact one of process design and how lean six sigma can help businesses create the automation strategies they're dreaming of! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us on VUX World for an enlightening episode with Ian Robertson from the Forum, where we delve into the dynamic world of Customer Experience (CX). In this discussion, we'll explore the critical successes and oversights of today's CX leaders, unraveling the common challenges and emerging trends that are shaping the industry. A key focus will be on speech analytics and its interplay with AI - understanding its potential, limitations, and why it hasn't yet become a mainstream tool. We'll discuss the importance of linking what customers say to their actions and outcomes, emphasizing the need to start with identifying the problem rather than jumping to solutions. Ian will shed light on the right questions CX leaders should ask for AI success and why AI solutions often end up isolated. We'll also touch on the significance of silence in speech analytics, the hurdles in acting on data insights, and the balance between striving for perfection and accepting reality. This episode promises to offer a deep dive into the complexities of CX, enhanced by real-world case studies from Capita, The Times, and Anglian Water.Join us as we dive into the details.Unparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here - https://www.unparsedconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pete Kemp is a Principle Consultant at FSP, a consulting firm aimed at accelerating digital transformation for brands. Pete was previously the Managing Director of EBM, an enterprise conversational AI platform providing AI automation technology and services. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the practicalities of implementing AI at scale and now works pretty much exclusively with implementing Microsoft Copilot within large enterprises.This episode is all about the lessons learned from this journey of enabling large brands with Microsoft Copilot.For those that might not know, Microsoft announced Copilot in 2023; an AI assistant that integrates with Bing, Edge, Windows, Microsoft 365. A one stop shop for all your productivity needs. It also announced Copilot Studio, a development environment where you can build your own Copilots and custom GPTs for your enterprise use cases.No doubt this is an exciting area for Microsoft customers and those interested in the practicalities of implementing generative AI.Join us as we dive into the details.Unparsed, the world's most loved conversational AI conference returns with more punch, more passion and more impact! Buy your tickets now here - https://www.unparsedconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.