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First Horizon Bank system detects when a call center worker was on the brink of "losing it" and plays an AI-made montage of family photos set to their favorite song to calm them down. (www.bloodinthemachine.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

What the actual sh*tnuggets

Edit: I did some further research for different sources and can't seem to find the same article anywhere. I can only find one that says they will use AI to alter hostile tones from call center employees.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Honestly that doesn't sound much better - essentially whitewashing the vocals of call centre employees to make them sound more pleasant to horrible customers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

A happy voice tells the customer to take the plugged in product with them once they want to take a bath.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Like a face filter but for your voice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

No cap, I'd use that.