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Samsung Heavy debuts chatbot

Chatbots, which have been introduced in businesses with customer service work including financial and public institutions, are also being used in the shipbuilding industry.

Samsung Heavy Industries has developed SBOT, an artificial intelligence-based chatbot, and applied it to ship design.

SBOT provides answers by finding lessons learned, various regulations and and contract information accumulated in in-house systems.

SBOT includes an automation function that can easily handle repetitive tasks with a simple command.

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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