

VUX World
Kane Simms
Interviews with the best brains in AI, sharing how to improve customer experience and business operations using emerging AI technologies such as voice AI, conversational AI, NLP, Large Language Models (LLMs), generative AI and more.We educate business leaders and teams on why and how AI technologies are revolutionising the way consumers engage with businesses and the internet, why that matters and how to implement it properly.“One of the most consistently insightful and deeply respected podcasts in the industry”Bradley Metrock, Score Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 14, 2022 • 59min
How Rabobank uses conversational AI with Stefan Bijkerk
Rabobank is one of the leading banks in The Netherlands. Join Stefan Bijkerk, Data-analyst & Conversational AI Specialist, Rabobank, to learn all about the use cases and channels used by Rabobank’s AI assistant to serve its customers and the business value it brings. Learn how Rabobank approaches identifying use cases and taking ideas from concept to production, as well as conversation design best practices for the banking industry. **Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 13, 2022 • 58min
How Empire Today uses conversational AI with Philip Bennett
Philip Bennett is the Customer Service Operations Manager at Empire Today, the USA’s largest direct-to-consumer shop-at-home flooring provider. Philip joins us to share case studies on how Empire Today is using conversational AI to improve customer experience and business outcomes. We’ll chat about what’s working, what’s not, and how a ‘traditional’ business can apply emerging technology and fuel its transformation efforts.**Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 8, 2022 • 58min
Conversational AI in emerging markets with Beerud Sheth, CEO, Gupshup
Beerud Sheth founded popular freelancing service, Upwork, and now co-founded and heads-up the leading conversational AI platform for emerging markets, Gupshup.Gupshup has been on a mission lately, with acquisition after acquisition, and expanding into all emerging economies. Beerud joins us to share the Gupshup story, as well as how conversational AI is being adopted across emerging markets such as APAC. We’ll discuss the difference in customer behaviour and experience in these markets, as well as how that changes business strategy and technology solutions.**Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 6, 2022 • 59min
How Human First helps you build better bots, with Greg Whiteside, CEO, Human First
Greg Whiteside, CEO, Human First joins us to share how you can use data to build better bots, why we’re focusing too much on data labelling and why your help centres and knowledge bases are underrated goldmines.**Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 16, 2022 • 1h 8min
The digital assistant scorecard with Frank Schneider, CEO, Speakeasy AI
Has digital assistant performance finally been nailed? Frank Schneider returns to VUX World to discuss and share the new digital assistant scorecard from Speakeasy AI. **Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworldCheck out Speakeasyai.comCheck out the Digital assistant scorecard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 8, 2022 • 54min
Shooting the shiz with Balto's Marc Bernstein 003
Marc Bernstein, CEO, Balto, and Kane Simms, CEO, VUX World, knock their heads together again in another episode of shoot the shiz, discussing the latest trends in CX and beyond, including: Friendly competition - zoom and GenesysIrish Bank - 2 hour wait timesNearly 20% of brands have seen a dip in customer experience quality.A great post from Andrew Moorehouse on the Death of Live Chat. Analysis from studying 10,000 live chat transcriptions. It’s bad. “Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good” (Shout out to Run DMC).Check out BaltoSubscribe to VUX World Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 1, 2022 • 55min
Streamlining audio production with AI, with Timo Kunz, CEO, Aflorithmic
Aflorithmic is on a mission to help you create high quality audio at a fraction of the time and cost. One of the most intense parts about creating audio for video, radio, smart speakers or, indeed, voice assistants and voice user interfaces, is that you need to learn what you’re doing. You need to learn your way around a DAW, understand compression, EQ, reverb, ducking and a whole load of other audio engineering practices. All of this makes high quality audio difficult to produce and reserved for those skilled enough.Aflorithmic is on a mission to change that. And to share how audio production can be made more streamlined, and how that can fit into a designer’s workflow, we’re joined by Aflorithmic CEO, Timo Kunz.**Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworldCheck out https://aflorithmic.aiRegister for 'The irony of big tech: why your speech recognition is probably a load of tosh': https://vux.la/3ySe8n8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 30, 2022 • 1h
The easy way to integrate voicebots with your customer service solution.
I recently spoke at, and facilitated, a webinar with Ilan Avner of AudioCodes discussing how to integrate voice assistants into call centres. This is the audio from that webinar. First, there's a presentation from me sharing some insights on the value voice assistants can bring and pointers for implementing. Then, Ilan shares the Voice AI Connect product and how you can use it to integrate any voice assistant, from any technology framework, into any call centre. You can watch the whole thing here: https://bit.ly/3wN0Wgu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 26, 2022 • 1h 1min
Quality assurance for conversational AI systems with Christoph Börner, CEO, Botium
One thing is for sure; conversational AI systems are a challenge to test and maintain. Yet, without robust testing, there's no way of guaranteeing quality. And high quality interactions are all that matter. Without assuring the quality of your assistant, it won't achieve the results you hope it will, rendering your whole strategy pointless.To share the importance of quality assurance, and to walk you through the core steps and activities in your QA pipeline, we're joined by Christoph Börner, CEO, Botium.**Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworldVisit https://www.botium.ai/Register for 'The irony of big tech: why your speech recognition is probably a load of tosh': https://vux.la/3ySe8n8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 25, 2022 • 1h 17min
Talking conversational AI with Cobus Greyling
Cobus Greyling led Vodacom's Tobi implementation in South Africa, and is a well-known entity in the conversational AI space. His consistent analysis of leading conversational AI platforms on Medium is a must read for anyone serious about CAI. After leaving Vodacom and having the public speaking shackles released, Cobus joins me to share his take on how to make conversational AI work for large enterprises. **Presented by Deepgram**Deepgram is a Speech Company whose goal is to have every voice heard and understood. We have revolutionized speech-to-text (STT) with an End-to-End Deep Learning platform. This AI architectural advantage means you don’t have to compromise on speed, accuracy, scalability, or cost to build the next big idea in voice. Our easy-to-use SDKs and APIs allow developers to quickly test and embed our STT solution into their voice products. For more information, visit: https://deepgram.com/vuxworldVisit https://cobusgreyling.medium.comRegister for 'The irony of big tech: why your speech recognition is probably a load of tosh': https://vux.la/3ySe8n8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.