1.Definitions and Categories
2.Vertical Applications for Commercial AI Virtual Assistants
3.AI Virtual Assistants and Industry Issues
3.1 Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services
3.1.1 More Customer Contact Points and Higher Brand Image Requirements, Challenging Customer Service Efficiency and Cost Control
3.1.2 Outsourced Customer Service Can Reduce Costs but at the Cost of Branding
3.1.3 AI Helps Websites and Customer Service Centers Share the Workload while Communicating Brand Message
3.2 Telecommunications
3.2.1 Price Wars Have Hurt Profits; Operators Plan to Automate Basic Services
3.2.2 Longer Call Times and More Pressure on Agents
3.2.3 AI Helps Optimize the Existing Automated Service Experience and Create New Interaction Channels
3.3.1 Shortage of Staff; Time-consuming Paperwork
3.3.2 AI Reduces Time Spent on Paperwork, and Acts as an Assistant
3.3.3 AI Special Assistants and Integrated Home Care Systems and Insurance Platforms Will Form a Complete Health Care Network
3.4 Online/Phsycial Retail
3.4.1 Innovative In-store Experiences, and 24-hour, Multi-lingual Online Services
3.4.2 Online Retail Channels Use AIs as 24-hour Customer Service and Sales Staff; Physical Storefronts Have Only Enacted Demonstration Sites
3.5 Leisure/Hospitality
3.5.1 Travel Itinerary Recommentations, and Futuristic Travel Agents
3.5.2 AIs Provide Something New at Hotel Counters and Guest Rooms but also Create Privacy Concerns
3.6 Government/Public Utilities
3.6.1 Government Focuses on Service Convenience; Public Utilities Use AIs to Support On-site Operations
4. MIC Perspective
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Companies
 

Development of vertical applications for commercial AI virtual assistants with breakdowns by industry

Outline of vertical applications for commercial AI virtual assistants and includes their development issues in the banking, insurance and finance sector, telecommunications sector, media sector, online/physical retail sector, leisure/hospitality sector, and government/public utility sector
 

Figure 1 Categories of AI Virtual Assistants, Divided by Users
Figure 2 Relative Potential for AI Virtual Assistant Application by Industry

Table 1. Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in Banks, Insurers, and Financial Institutions
Table 2 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in The Telecommunications Industry
Table 3 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in the Medical Industry Table 4 Service issues, applications, and cases of AI virtual assistants in the general retail/channel sector
Table 5 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in The Leisure/Hospitality Industry
Table 6 Service Issues, Applications, and Cases of AI Virtual Assistants in The Government/Public Utility Sector