Salesforce CEO says 50% of company work is now done by AI
Benioff says human employees can now "move on to do higher-value work"
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Salesforce hikes Slack prices, adds AI tools for all paid users
What the Bot: Salesforce has decided to increase prices for certain paid Slack plans. The company is attempting to justify the change by stating that all customers will now have access to more AI features. And if you don't want or need AI, well, you'll likely end up paying more anyway.
More workers are using AI, but businesses still struggle to make it useful
Research from Gallup and Salesforce reveal the promise and pitfalls of workplace AI
Microsoft and EU set to end Teams antitrust clash on friendly terms
Software giant looks to dodge hefty fines by unbundling Teams from Office
Microsoft unveils AI agents that resemble virtual employees
Companies can build custom chatbots or virtual assistants that automate internal tasks
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff slams Microsoft Copilot as the "new clippy"
Meanwhile, the company is getting ready to launch its own AI platform
Slack has been siphoning user data to train AI models without asking permission
Smarter collaboration, but at what cost?
Salesforce, which just laid off 8,000 workers, pays 'creative advisor' Matthew McConaughey $10 million per year
Not alright, alright, alright
Why it matters: Many tech industry workers have been laid off from their jobs recently, the result of over-hiring during the lockdowns and a global economic downturn. Becoming unemployed is a bitter pill, and it's even more depressing to learn that your former company pays a Hollywood actor millions of dollars a year to act as a creative adviser.
Salesforce project is creating proteins with generative AI
Artificial proteins are as good as the natural ones
These are the severance packages tech giants like Google, Meta and Amazon are offering to fired employees
Over 100,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the year began
Salesforce CEO points finger at new, remote, and younger workers for company's falling productivity
Salesforce is laying off more than 7,000 employees
Salesforce acquires Slack for a whopping $27.7 billion
Cloud-computing CRM giant says the move will help create an "operating system for the new way to work"
The Essential Salesforce Certification bundle is currently 97% off
Adidas, Amazon and T-Mobile all use Salesforce
Salesforce says companies that sell semi-automatic weapons can't use its software
Gun advocates aren't happy
Apple and Salesforce are working towards more integration without properly fixing Siri
Salesforce apps will be able to tell you "Here's what I found on the web"
Salesforce announces Step Up Declaration to fight climate change
20 other companies have joined the initiative
Opinion: The business of business software
IBM, SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce are leading the charge in what's commonly referred to as "back office" operations
Social media should be regulated like every other industry, Salesforce CEO says
Benioff isn't the first to publicly bash social media
