{"id":16154,"date":"2024-01-03T17:58:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/boots-pilots-chatgpt-powered-chatbot\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T18:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T17:00:30","slug":"boots-pilots-chatgpt-powered-chatbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retail-optimiser.de\/en\/boots-pilots-chatgpt-powered-chatbot\/","title":{"rendered":"Boots pilots ChatGPT-powered chatbot"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16154\" class=\"elementor elementor-16154 elementor-16144\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2696bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2696bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8463171\" data-id=\"8463171\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5883e97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5883e97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>British drugstore operator Boots is planning to deploy generative artificial intelligence to assist shoppers at its online store. According to press reports, a chatbot will use OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT to provide customers with recommendations when shopping for lipsticks and other beauty products. The project is currently at an early test stage. However, Boots\u2019 digital team intends to ramp up work on the solution after the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>The drugstore retailer has already been working with ChatGPT distributor Microsoft for some time now and is using the technology in other areas of the company as well. However, the use of generative AI is not without risks. It promises to be much more flexible and powerful than pre-programmed chatbots. However, the technology can also produce unpredictable and incorrect results. For this reason, Boots will initially not be using it its pharmaceutical sector, but primarily for cosmetic products.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which is part of the Walgreens Boots Alliance Group, wishes to boost online sales with the measure. Last year, Boots announced that it would be closing around 300 of its 2,200 stores in the country. At the same time, the company reported a sales increase of almost 29 per cent in its e-commerce arm Boots.com for the past quarter.<\/p>\n<h3>Online store to become more attractive with AI<\/h3>\n<p>The retailer is also using artificial intelligence in other ways to make its online store more customer friendly. For a few months now, Boots has been using AI-based platform Boost from provider Ocula Technologies. This uses artificial intelligence to analyse all product pages and benchmark them with those of the competition. The solution develops and prioritises content improvement suggestions. It also independently generates titles or product descriptions.<\/p>\n<p>The software also acts when shopping baskets are abandoned. 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