AI Elevates Customer Service Through Human Handoffs
On April 7, 2026, CMSWire reports that AI has made speed a baseline in customer service, shifting value toward human-managed complexity and empathy. Industry experts Cliff Martin, Grace Putney and April Zheng say AI handles high-volume routine tasks while failures now often stem from poor AI-to-human handoffs. Companies must redesign metrics and handoffs to prioritize context, recognition and emotionally calibrated interactions.
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- Read OriginalThe Hybrid CX Reality: Bots First, Humans When It Countscmswire.com
