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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)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4856141

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[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 8 points 5 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

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Like a face filter but for your voice.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

No cap, I'd use that.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

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