My internet bill crept up by about $15 a month over the summer. I know I can likely lower it by comparing rates to a competitor company, but I've been pushing off that phone call because I'm exhausted ...

Armen Kirakosian remembers the frustrations of his first job as a call center agent nearly 10 years ago: the aggravated customers, the constant searching through menus for information and the notes he ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. Working in a call center is no walk in the park. Agents deal with a constant influx of calls, ...

The world’s largest call center recently deployed new AI to “neutralize” the accents of their agents. Unsurprisingly, this provoked some outrage. Meanwhile others welcomed the prospect of clearer ...