descriptive claim
US employment at dedicated call center companies fell approximately 10% over the 18 months preceding October 2023, the steepest decline of that magnitude since 2002, coinciding with AI tool integration into call center workstreams (though labor shortages and rising domestic wages are also plausible drivers).
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confidence 0.65
Evidence (1)
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- Exploring How AI Will Impact the Economy journalistic_reportweight0.65
locator: Contact Centers section, employment discussion
“This data shows a remarkably steep drop in employment (~10%) over the last 18 months as AI tools have been integrated into call center workstreams”