{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a8145b3ac34577e1adf2624/69d93e10cdaa3e377c910088?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A pulse check on conversational AI in 2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a8145b3ac34577e1adf2624/1775844725286-4c291a72-6603-43e3-a48e-34cbca92145d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We hit the floor at the European Chatbot and Conversational AI Summit in Edinburgh with a mic and a simple rule: answer a question, then leave one for the next person. What unfolds is a chain of questions and answers from practitioners at Lebara, Lloyds Banking Group, Uber, ElevenLabs, Carrefour, Virgin Money, Tesco, Jaja Finance and more. The result is an organic, unscripted snapshot of what the conversational AI community is actually thinking about right now.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics spiral from enterprise AI adoption and the talent crunch, through agentic banking and agent metrics, to some surprisingly personal territory, including AI for mental health support, cardiac research and simplifying the mundane parts of everyday life.</p><p><br></p><h2>Show notes</h2><p>Find out more about The European Chatbot &amp; Conversational AI Summit: <a href=\"https://theeuropeanchatbot.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://theeuropeanchatbot.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow Kane on LinkedIn: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanesimms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanesimms</a></p><p><br></p><p>Take our updated AI Maturity Assessment: <a href=\"https://vuxworld.typeform.com/to/a26bf9Rr?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://vuxworld.typeform.com/to/a26bf9Rr?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio</a></p><p>Subscribe to VUX World: <a href=\"https://vuxworld.typeform.com/to/Qlo5aaeW\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://vuxworld.typeform.com/to/Qlo5aaeW</a></p><p>Subscribe to The AI Ultimatum Substack: <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/kanesimms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://open.substack.com/pub/kanesimms</a></p>","author_name":"Kane Simms"}