Startups are marketing AI products with lifelike voices to schedule or cancel medical visits and refill prescriptions. (Elise Amendola / Associated Press) At one call center in the Philippines, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. Working in a call center is no walk in the park. Agents deal with a constant influx of calls, ...

Artificial intelligence products with lifelike voices are being marketed to schedule or cancel medical visits, refill prescriptions, and help triage patients. Soon, many patients might initiate ...

At one call center in the Philippines, workers help Americans with diabetes or neurological conditions troubleshoot devices that monitor their health. Sometimes they get pressing calls: elderly ...