When contacting Sling TV’s customer service, customers may interact with a bot or a human, or both. Seth Van Sickel, director of operations at Sling TV, and Richard Smullen, founder and CEO of Pypestream, spoke with Senior Writer Judith Aquino about the AI-powered bots that are teaming up with associates and the new personalized recommendations that customers will soon receive.

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"The CX Pod" is an interview series featuring best practices and the leading thinkers and doers who are changing the way business gets done. The focus is on the customer experience and how business' need to actively evolve with their customers instead of reacting. It is hosted by Elizabeth Glagowski, editor of the Customer Strategist Journal.