Helpdesk AI ignores historical ticket data for response quality
Support teams using Freshdesk find its AI assistant fails to leverage existing historical ticket data, producing generic weak responses. The institutional knowledge accumulated in past tickets goes untapped, reducing the practical value of AI-assisted support.
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