The Truth About AI Chatbots in Marketing (and How It Can Be Fixed)

About this episode

Sid Sudhakaran discusses the benefits and challenges of AI chatbots in marketing, focusing on KAiA and its impact on data accessibility.

Sid Sudhakaran, Head of Data Strategy & Engineering for North America at Kantar, explains the benefits of the company’s ambitious AI assistant: KAiA. He explains how it democratizes data, when chatbots work for marketers (and when they don’t), and the real customer pain points they are tackling each and every day.

People in this episode

Hosts: Greg Stuart, Rex Briggs

Guest: Sid Sudhakaran

Topics covered

• AI chatbots
• data strategy
• marketing technology
• customer pain points
• democratizing data

Keywords

• AI
• chatbots
• marketing
• data strategy
• customer experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kantar

Products: KAiA

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