You’ve no doubt heard of a bot: a software application that’s been designed to automate certain tasks, such as scheduling or managing basic customer service requests. Source
Verdict The same trend is listed again within the publisher's next two editions (D33 ). Same subject listed again in 2019.
A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6 , D33 ).
The same forecast in other editions All captured fields
rank 15
subject Bots
trend number 14
years on list Second year on the list
page 40
confidence high
note Quote is the first sentence of the KEY INSIGHT block. page is the slide number in the archived SlideShare transcript.
horizon the coming year
target year 2017 Permalink
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Hindsight, claim ftsg-tech-trends-2017-015, persisted as of 2026-10-03. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/ftsg-tech-trends-2017-015
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