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Spartan’s operators went from AI skeptics to agent builders

Spartan Carrier Group built its first AI agent for hourly customer reports in a week and a half. Its VP of operations, who calls himself no coder, wants dispatchers building the next ones. The post Spartan’s operators went from AI skeptics to agent builders appeared first on FreightWaves .

Spartan’s operators went from AI skeptics to agent builders

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