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Customers are quoting chatbots at shop and restaurant staff, and the chatbots are wrong
The Verge· 2 OctThe Verge spoke to customer-facing workers about customers who trust chatbots over staff. A New York server says diners with shellfish allergies have pushed back on her warnings because ChatGPT said a dish was safe, and some ask for wines that do not exist. Cinema staff, baristas and Apple Store workers described customers asking for products or features that are not real.
- Put your menu, allergens, prices and opening hours on your own website as plain text, so chatbots have the right answer to find.
- Give staff one polite line for when a customer quotes a chatbot, and back them when they hold firm on safety.
Source: The Verge. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools, and the picture is our own graphic. How we source and credit
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