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Technology can be used to better serve customers and employees.

Businesses see the huge potential to improve customer and employee experiences with the advancement of artificial intelligence. More than half of leaders plan to increase their budgets for artificial intelligence next year.

Artificial intelligence can boost efficiency and satisfaction in a business. Many parts of a customer and employee journey can be automated with the help of artificial intelligence.

To ensure that the technology can meet internal and external needs without causing extra work for employees or creating unnecessary frustration for customers who really need to speak to a human, it's important that companies determine where the technology will be implemented.

As quickly-scaling enterprises face pressure to minimize costs while driving value, those that figure out where to best plug in artificial intelligence are better prepared for success. There are some things to avoid.

Thinking employees will automatically stick around in a down market 

Lean teams make it difficult to lose top talent. The ability to use artificial intelligence in a way that removes repetitive, basic work and allows employees to focus on more intellectually-engaging work has been adapted quickly by forward- thinking leaders. Businesses can increase employee satisfaction and improve output by shifting their focus.

Companies should assess where automation and artificial intelligence can increase efficiency to eliminate tedious and mundane projects.

One way to make it easier and quicker to create experiences with built-in automation is to enable employee experience admins with click-to-configuration tools. Basic requests like how to reset my password can be tackled by this automation.

The application is in the human resources departments. Artificial intelligence is often used to assess job postings for bias as well as to analyze labor market data when calculating pay rates. HR teams are able to engage more in other parts of the process that should not be overlooked. It is possible for employees to spend more time with external candidates and have better conversations with internal hiring managers.

Maintaining an old-school 9-5 mindset

People are left waiting for hours or even days for responses to customer service complaints. Customers want easy, accessible and personalized support from every brand they interact with. 70% of customers are willing to take their business somewhere else after just one bad experience.

Businesses can use artificial intelligence to keep up with rising expectations for modern communication channels and want to self- serve.

There is a chance for enterprises to use messaging, amplify interactions and extend artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence can reduce resolution time by processing inquiries based on skill level and agent availability. The most qualified agents are matched with customers. It's important as companies at an enterprise size need to have Scalable, Agile processes to address huge volumes of conversations.

Companies are adapting their customer experience so that a majority of interactions will begin with a bot. Roblox uses artificial intelligence to respond to requests in a range of languages. bots increase agents productivity and allow them to focus on resolving more complex tickets

It is important to rely on more than one technology.

There are many issues that need a human to be solved. A company's biggest mistake is not properly training their bot to escalate issues quickly, efficiently and with the necessary context for a human to step in with a solution.

Holding on to legacy technology systems 

While some companies can easily adapt and pivot to a digital-first world, traditional enterprises are often stuck using rigid, existing legacy systems that take many years and a large budget to build. The core of the customer journey can be held back from being improved by inflexible and fragmented system structures.

It is possible for enterprises to disrupt the status quo with the help of artificial intelligence, as it can help revive rigid infrastructure, bring in more scalability and enable teams to handle more complex use cases.

The biggest challenge of the update is applying the technology between fractured channels and stiff systems that can't change and pivot as quickly as company growth requires. Incremental changes can be made while the tech stacks won't be completed in a single day. One part of a legacy stack can be replaced with an easy to implement solution using artificial intelligence.

It is possible for a company to use artificial intelligence to update its knowledge framework to address common issues and to prompt employees when there are gaps in their content base.

Trustpilot has done that by growing, building, manage, and leverage knowledge to improve agent capacity. A knowledge base program was implemented by the company to help customers find solutions. The investment in self-service resulted in a 62% year-over-year growth in customers and a 98% self-service success rate.

Customer and employee experience: A positive AI outlook

Customer and employee expectations have changed, but enterprise leaders are still focused on growth.

With the help of artificial intelligence, companies can deliver engaging experiences that retain employees and build strong customer relationships. There is a huge potential for artificial intelligence to meet the needs of the customer.

Companies can embrace artificial intelligence even in small ways if they push boundaries, think in new ways and let go of legacy systems.

Jon Aniano is at the company.

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