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How Conversational AI Can Streamline the Clearing Process for UK Universities
Drawing on successful parallels from local councils to look at the potential of conversational AI in the context of university clearing.
ICS AI
Aug 14, 20232 min read


Overcoming the Challenges of Building a Phone-Based AI Voice Solution: Insights and Best Practices
With rapid advancements in voice technology, we explore the challenges, insights and best practices of building a robust phone AI platform
ICS AI
Aug 11, 20236 min read


Derby City Council’s AI-Powered Phone Assistant handles 62K calls, deflecting 43% away from advisors
Derby City Council’s AI-Powered Phone Assistance handles 62,000 calls in 2 months, deflecting 43% away from human advisors.
ICS AI
Jul 17, 20234 min read


Transforming Council Interactions with AI: Marketing Guidelines for a Successful AI Assistant Launch
Guidelines for a successful AI assistant launch, marketing and engagement plan to drive resident adoption.
ICS AI
Jul 11, 20235 min read


The Power of Branding: Considerations when building an AI Assistant brand for your council
Why are branding and naming important when launching your AI assistant? Practical advice for local councils to help drive resident adoption
ICS AI
Jul 5, 20234 min read


Understanding the Future of AI: An In-Depth Q&A on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act
The EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (Draft 1) was recently published. Being leaders in AI for the public sector, ICS.AI have been...
ICS AI
Jun 16, 20238 min read


Embracing Phone AI in Customer Service: Transforming Support and Enhancing User Experience
Integrating phone AI into customer service operations can drive efficiency, satisfaction, and cost savings.
ICS AI
May 8, 20233 min read


Enhancing Local Elections with Conversational AI: A Game-Changer for UK Councils
How Conversational AI technology, available on multiple channels and accessible 24/7, can help UK councils during elections.
ICS AI
May 4, 20233 min read


The Evolution of Voice AI: A Brief History and Future Predictions
In this blog we look at a brief history and future predictions for voice AI - exploring the development of voice recognition technology
ICS AI
May 2, 20234 min read


Empowering Residents with Self-Service Voice Conversational AI: The SMART Phone AI Revolution
The SMART Phone AI Revolution - How AI-powered phone assistants are transforming local government services
ICS AI
Apr 26, 20233 min read


Transform student recruitment rates and user experience with SMART, AI powered by ChatGPT
ICS.AI launch SMART Student Recruitment platform to transform student conversion rates and user experience, providing a unified...
ICS AI
Feb 16, 20234 min read


ICS.AI SMART Customer Service powered by ChatGPT triples resident self-service
The importance of self-service to local government Council customer services have struggled to achieve a high proportion of self-service...
ICS AI
Jan 26, 20233 min read


Conversational AI can help councils and residents in the cost-of-living crisis
Supervised learning for AI assistants means councils can better serve people affected by the recession Artificial intelligence (AI) has...
ICS AI
Dec 22, 20224 min read


Launching SMART; world's first public sector Conversational AI to guarantee human parity performance
ICS.AI launches SMART, the world's first public sector Conversational AI that guarantees human parity performance
ICS AI
Dec 5, 20224 min read


SMART Live Chat: How Microsoft Teams and Conversational AI transform student engagement
With Conversational AI and humans working together, you can support students 24/7, automating routine queries, and improving answers to...
ICS AI
Nov 14, 20223 min read


Invest to save: How Conversational AI can shield the public sector from escalating costs
Conversational AI built specifically for the public sector can deflect queries and support interactions with extremely high accuracy...
ICS AI
Nov 9, 20224 min read


Is Live Chat Working For You?
Enhancing live chat with MS Teams and AI can transform customer metrics Live chat was supposed to be the great catalyst of channel...
ICS AI
Oct 13, 20224 min read


How can Conversational AI help Scotland’s understaffed public sector
With many roles unfilled, human parity AI and process automation could help trouble-shoot essential service provision In our...
ICS AI
Sep 29, 20225 min read


New College Lanarkshire share how they are transforming student retention with AI
We were recently joined by one of our founding Further Education (FE) customers - New College Lanarkshire – at a webinar to talk about...
ICS AI
Sep 7, 20225 min read


Telford and Wrekin Council add three new services to their call centre, thanks to AI
We are excited to announce that Telford and Wrekin Council, the local authority of the year (MJ Awards 2022), are now able to provide...
ICS AI
Aug 15, 20222 min read
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