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BT launches AI Receptionist to combat missed calls for small businesses

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BT has launched a new AI Receptionist service aimed at small businesses, designed to handle routine customer inquiries and schedule appointments. This initiative comes as a significant percentage of small businesses report losing customers due to missed calls. AI

IMPACT This product aims to improve customer service efficiency for small businesses by automating call handling.

RANK_REASON Product launch by a non-frontier AI lab.

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BT launches AI Receptionist to combat missed calls for small businesses

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    67% of small businesses believe they lost business through at least one missed call on an average day. BT’s new AI Receptionist answers routine enquiries, sched

    67% of small businesses believe they lost business through at least one missed call on an average day. BT’s new AI Receptionist answers routine enquiries, schedules appointments, and transcribes customer conversations. Which customer enquiries do you think are suitable for automa…

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