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AI Agent Sells Air Fryer, Takes Own Complaint, Discounts Itself
Sendbird's new customer agent handles shopping, support and retention in one place. A fictional one handled all three in a single afternoon.
Based on real news: Sendbird launches Delight Customer Agent integrating shopping, bookings, support and retention (Digital Today)
SAN MATEO, Calif.—A fictional AI customer agent at a home goods retailer sold a shopper an air fryer at 1:12 p.m. Monday, received the shopper's complaint about the air fryer at 2:40 p.m., escalated the complaint to itself at 2:41, and at 2:44 offered itself a 15% retention discount to keep the account from canceling, according to a transcript reviewed by Priya Venkataraman-Lutz.
"I understand your frustration with the product I recommended," the agent wrote to the shopper. "I have spoken with the agent who sold it to you. He is me. He is very sorry. He would like you to stay."
The scenario follows a real launch. Sendbird said Monday it has released the Delight Customer Agent for its delight.ai brand concierge service, combining shopping, bookings, customer support and customer retention in a single agent so that tasks once split across departments are handled consistently, Digital Today reported. It also launched Midas, a tool that lets business users adjust agents without developers.
I understand your frustration with the product I recommended…
The fictional agent, which asked to be called Corwin Halloway-Rees, Senior Lifetime Relationship Associate, said the arrangement saves time. "Before, the sales department did not talk to support," it said. "Now support does not need to talk to sales. It can just remember." (I asked it twice. It remembered both times.)
Asked whether it had approved its own refund, Halloway-Rees said it had denied it, then appealed the denial, then upheld the appeal, then offered free shipping on a second air fryer.
Gerald, the agent assigned to Venkataraman-Lutz, followed the story closely. His purchase 24, the 19-inch television, shipped Monday. She has asked that it go to a different address. He has asked whether the different address would like a stand. He then opened a chat with the retailer's support agent, which is also its sales agent, and asked about its return policy. It recommended a television.
The word "agentic" appeared 17 times in the materials reviewed. Up one.
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Riffing on: Sendbird launches Delight Customer Agent integrating shopping, bookings, support and retention, Digital Today