Potential Vertical Applications for AI Virtual Assistants | 2019 Examination Report - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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As AI capabilities like NLP (Natural Language Processing), machine learning, and voice/speech recognition keep improving, AI virtual assistants are becoming mainstream products in consumer electronics markets. Companies are now in the process of exploring potential business opportunities related to these virtual assistants.

This report examines the main topics and requirements for AI virtual assistants in different industry verticals, their applications in the several industry sectors, including the banking, insurance, and financial service, telecommunications, medicine, online/physical retail, leisure/hospitality, and government/public utility sectors; explores their development potential in the future.

Scope

• Development of vertical applications for commercial AI virtual assistants with breakdowns by industry
• Outline of vertical applications for commercial AI virtual assistants and includes their development issues in the banking, insurance and finance sector, telecommunications sector, media sector, online/physical retail sector, leisure/hospitality sector, and government/public utility sector

Key Topics Covered

1. Definitions and Categories

2. Vertical Applications for Commercial AI Virtual Assistants

3. AI Virtual Assistants and Industry Issues

3.1 Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services

3.1.1 More Customer Contact Points and Higher Brand Image Requirements, Challenging Customer Service Efficiency and Cost Control

3.1.2 Outsourced Customer Service Can Reduce Costs but at the Cost of Branding

3.1.3 AI Helps Websites and Customer Service Centers Share the Workload while Communicating Brand Message

3.2 Telecommunications

3.2.1 Price Wars Have Hurt Profits; Operators Plan to Automate Basic Services

3.2.2 Longer Call Times and More Pressure on Agents

3.2.3 AI Helps Optimize the Existing Automated Service Experience and Create New Interaction Channels

3.3.1 Shortage of Staff; Time-consuming Paperwork

3.3.2 AI Reduces Time Spent on Paperwork, and Acts as an Assistant

3.3.3 AI Special Assistants and Integrated Home Care Systems and Insurance Platforms Will Form a Complete Health Care Network

3.4 Online/Physical Retail

3.4.1 Innovative In-store Experiences, and 24-hour, Multi-lingual Online Services

3.4.2 Online Retail Channels Use AIs as 24-hour Customer Service and Sales Staff; Physical Storefronts Have Only Enacted Demonstration Sites

3.5 Leisure/Hospitality

3.5.1 Travel Itinerary Recommendations, and Futuristic Travel Agents

3.5.2 AIs Provide Something New at Hotel Counters and Guest Rooms but also Create Privacy Concerns

3.6 Government/Public Utilities

3.6.1 Government Focuses on Service Convenience; Public Utilities Use AIs to Support On-site Operations

4. Perspective

• Appendix
• Glossary of Terms
• List of Companies

List of Tables

Table 1 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in Banks, Insurers, and Financial Institutions

Table 2 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in The Telecommunications Industry

Table 3 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in the Medical Industry

Table 4 Service issues, applications, and cases of AI virtual assistants in the general retail/channel sector

Table 5 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in The Leisure/Hospitality Industry

Table 6 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in The Government/Public Utility Sector

List of Figures

Figure 1 Categories of AI Virtual Assistants, Divided by Users

Figure 2 Relative Potential for AI Virtual Assistant Application by Industry

Companies Mentioned

• Alaska Airlines
• Australian Tax Office
• AXIS Bank
• Bank of America
• Baptist Health South Florida
• Barclays
• BBVA Group
• Bell
• Best Buy
• Caesars Entertainment
• CIMB Bank
• Co-operative Bank
• Comcast
• Crowne Plaza
• DBS
• DoubleTree Hotel
• Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
• Emergency Medical Services
• Fairfield Inn
• FWD Travel
• GoPro
• HDFFC Securities
• Hilton
• Hotel Indigo
• Inc.
• Income Bank
• IndusInd Bank
• Insurance
• Kiehl's
• Kindred
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• LaSalle Hotel Properties
• Levi Strauss
• LOreal
• Louis Vuitton
• Movistar
• Municipal Services Office and Land Authority
• Nebraska Medicine
• OCBC Bank
• Orange
• Pearlparadise.com
• S&P Global
• Sephora
• Shell
• Sheraton
• Singapore Airlines
• Singapore Ministry of Education
• Skruvat
• Societe Generale
• Standard Chartered
• Target Corp.
• TDBank
• Telenor
• Ticketmaster
• Treasure Island Las Vegas
• Turkiye Bankasi
• Universal Health Services
• US Bank
• USAA
• Verclare Boutique
• Verizon
• Visa
• Vodafone
• W Hotels
• Walmart
• Wells Fargo
• Widiba Bank
• Wyndham
• Yello Strom

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