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When most people think of chatbots, they think of frustrating pop-ups in the bottom right corner of their browser. But that’s not what chatbots have always been—and it’s not what they’ll be in the future.
Chatbots have evolved significantly since their inception in the 1960s. Here are some of the major milestones they’ve hit along the way.
Chatbots have come a long way since ELIZA. But really, they’re just getting started. In the 2020s, we’ve already seen even more promising use cases for chatbots driven by:
With these enhancements and social changes working in their favor, enterprises in nearly every vertical can feel comfortable incorporating chatbots into their operations without fear of dataloss, data exposure, or customer retention issues. And they’re already doing it:
As Kevin McCall, Launch’s Managing Director of AI, puts it:
“Building modern chatbots on top of powerful multi-modal language models has not only allowed us to move beyond keyword-based to meaning-based interactions, but it has also fundamentally changed providing users what they want using audio, images, or video in addition to simple text. This provides invaluable self-service improvements to employees, partners, and customers.”
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Next-generation chatbots offer a range of benefits that make them invaluable tools across various industries. Here’s why:
Chatbots can handle thousands of interactions simultaneously, so companies don’t have to recruit and onboard more staff to reach the same number of customers. This is especially helpful in industries with a distinct pattern of seasonality (such as retail) or those that are dealing with crisis management situations (healthcare).
And they’re quick to deploy. Launch recently built and deployed two innovative chatbots for Microsoft’s support and product loan and giveaway programs. Both were up and running within six weeks, with over 7,000 users adopting the new tools right away.
By letting chatbots take care of all the rote tasks, employees have more time and energy to focus on more strategic activities—at a lower overall cost.
Unlike humans, chatbots are available 24/7/365 and offer the same quality of service (whether good or bad). In highly regulated industries like healthcare and finance, consistency is key—one off-color answer can put business in jeopardy. Chatbots minimize the chances of that happening and keep processes running smoothly.
Today’s chatbots can detect user emotion and pair it with data they have about a user’s preferences, past behavior, and transaction history to:
Responding in this way improves overall customer satisfaction and reduces customer churn.
Chatbots can be deployed across multiple channels to boost engagement at various touch points in the customer lifecycle. They can engage with website visitors, qualify leads, and guide them through the funnel. They can facilitate training. They can also gather near-immediate feedback, enabling teams to address any issues promptly. All of these use cases can be applied internally as well, helping employees on board quickly and reducing time to value.
Chatbots gather information with every exchange, cluing you into customer likes, dislikes, behavior, and feedback. All the data they collect from consumer interactions can inform go-to-market campaigns, upsell and cross-sell motions, R&D decisions, dynamic pricing, and more.
The less human intervention in business operations, the less physical space companies need. Fewer offices mean less overall energy consumption. Chatbots also reduce the need for paperwork, pushing customers to fill out digital forms or sign documents online.
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Chatbots are transforming industries by streamlining interactions, enhancing customer service, and reshaping operational efficiencies. Here are just a few ways they’re making an outsized impact on:
Retail giants are using chatbots in increasingly unconventional ways beyond standard customer service. Some creative uses of chatbots in the retail sector include:
Because chatbots can be built specifically to comply with HIPAA stipulations, more and more healthcare companies are turning to chatbots for rote activities like appointment scheduling, patient data collection, and symptom assessment.
But they’re also using chatbots for more sophisticated use cases like:
All of these use cases promote patient engagement, connect them directly to support, and lead to better health outcomes.
Chatbots are everywhere in the financial industry. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), roughly 37% of the U.S. population engaged with their bank's chatbot in 2022.
Most people use chatbots to check account balances and monitor recent transactions. But many banks have trained their chatbots to respond to more complex questions related to:
Financial institutions also use chatbots as a first line of defense against fraud. When integrated with machine learning algorithms, they can monitor and analyze transaction patterns for signs of fraudulent activity and assist in reporting suspicious activities to staff, customers, and law enforcement.
Public sector workers have taxing jobs, which is why many organizations struggle with employee retention. Employee pulse surveys (deployed by chatbots) are quickly becoming a method of combating employee turnover, proactively identifying people who are struggling at work or are unable to maintain work-life balance.
Based on an employee’s answers, chatbots alert their manager to what’s happening and point employees to resources, training materials, or paid time-off policies.
The public sector also uses chatbots for recruiting. Besides identifying new potential candidates, chatbots can reduce bias in the hiring process by flagging the most qualified candidates based on pre-populated characteristics about their background, skills, experience, and security clearance.
Chatbots are not just tools of convenience. They’re a pivotal strategy for driving innovation and efficiency—across multiple diverse fields.
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When most people think of chatbots, they think of frustrating pop-ups in the bottom right corner of their browser. But that’s not what chatbots have always been—and it’s not what they’ll be in the future.
Chatbots have evolved significantly since their inception in the 1960s. Here are some of the major milestones they’ve hit along the way.
Chatbots have come a long way since ELIZA. But really, they’re just getting started. In the 2020s, we’ve already seen even more promising use cases for chatbots driven by:
With these enhancements and social changes working in their favor, enterprises in nearly every vertical can feel comfortable incorporating chatbots into their operations without fear of dataloss, data exposure, or customer retention issues. And they’re already doing it:
As Kevin McCall, Launch’s Managing Director of AI, puts it:
“Building modern chatbots on top of powerful multi-modal language models has not only allowed us to move beyond keyword-based to meaning-based interactions, but it has also fundamentally changed providing users what they want using audio, images, or video in addition to simple text. This provides invaluable self-service improvements to employees, partners, and customers.”
Next-generation chatbots offer a range of benefits that make them invaluable tools across various industries. Here’s why:
Chatbots can handle thousands of interactions simultaneously, so companies don’t have to recruit and onboard more staff to reach the same number of customers. This is especially helpful in industries with a distinct pattern of seasonality (such as retail) or those that are dealing with crisis management situations (healthcare).
And they’re quick to deploy. Launch recently built and deployed two innovative chatbots for Microsoft’s support and product loan and giveaway programs. Both were up and running within six weeks, with over 7,000 users adopting the new tools right away.
By letting chatbots take care of all the rote tasks, employees have more time and energy to focus on more strategic activities—at a lower overall cost.
Unlike humans, chatbots are available 24/7/365 and offer the same quality of service (whether good or bad). In highly regulated industries like healthcare and finance, consistency is key—one off-color answer can put business in jeopardy. Chatbots minimize the chances of that happening and keep processes running smoothly.
Today’s chatbots can detect user emotion and pair it with data they have about a user’s preferences, past behavior, and transaction history to:
Responding in this way improves overall customer satisfaction and reduces customer churn.
Chatbots can be deployed across multiple channels to boost engagement at various touch points in the customer lifecycle. They can engage with website visitors, qualify leads, and guide them through the funnel. They can facilitate training. They can also gather near-immediate feedback, enabling teams to address any issues promptly. All of these use cases can be applied internally as well, helping employees on board quickly and reducing time to value.
Chatbots gather information with every exchange, cluing you into customer likes, dislikes, behavior, and feedback. All the data they collect from consumer interactions can inform go-to-market campaigns, upsell and cross-sell motions, R&D decisions, dynamic pricing, and more.
The less human intervention in business operations, the less physical space companies need. Fewer offices mean less overall energy consumption. Chatbots also reduce the need for paperwork, pushing customers to fill out digital forms or sign documents online.
Chatbots are transforming industries by streamlining interactions, enhancing customer service, and reshaping operational efficiencies. Here are just a few ways they’re making an outsized impact on:
Retail giants are using chatbots in increasingly unconventional ways beyond standard customer service. Some creative uses of chatbots in the retail sector include:
Because chatbots can be built specifically to comply with HIPAA stipulations, more and more healthcare companies are turning to chatbots for rote activities like appointment scheduling, patient data collection, and symptom assessment.
But they’re also using chatbots for more sophisticated use cases like:
All of these use cases promote patient engagement, connect them directly to support, and lead to better health outcomes.
Chatbots are everywhere in the financial industry. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), roughly 37% of the U.S. population engaged with their bank's chatbot in 2022.
Most people use chatbots to check account balances and monitor recent transactions. But many banks have trained their chatbots to respond to more complex questions related to:
Financial institutions also use chatbots as a first line of defense against fraud. When integrated with machine learning algorithms, they can monitor and analyze transaction patterns for signs of fraudulent activity and assist in reporting suspicious activities to staff, customers, and law enforcement.
Public sector workers have taxing jobs, which is why many organizations struggle with employee retention. Employee pulse surveys (deployed by chatbots) are quickly becoming a method of combating employee turnover, proactively identifying people who are struggling at work or are unable to maintain work-life balance.
Based on an employee’s answers, chatbots alert their manager to what’s happening and point employees to resources, training materials, or paid time-off policies.
The public sector also uses chatbots for recruiting. Besides identifying new potential candidates, chatbots can reduce bias in the hiring process by flagging the most qualified candidates based on pre-populated characteristics about their background, skills, experience, and security clearance.
Chatbots are not just tools of convenience. They’re a pivotal strategy for driving innovation and efficiency—across multiple diverse fields.
