Inside Marc Benioff's big bet on generative AI

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A cracked Salesforce AI robot wearing a customer service headset, facing a computer screen displaying help prompts.

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Last fall, Salesforce debuted an AI agent so remarkably human-like it seemed like a vision from the future.

Cohere's chief AI officer says AI agents come with a big security risk

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Cohere's chief AI officer
Cohere's chief AI officer said that impersonations are a security risk with AI agents.

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Two teen founders dropped out of school and raised $3 million out of Y Combinator. Read their pitch deck.

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Georges Casassovici and Mathieu Rihet, standing in front of a white wall with their arms crossed.
Novoflow cofounders Georges Casassovici and Mathieu Rihet.

Novoflow

I'm the cofounder of a company with an AI-powered tiny team. Here's what it takes for me to hire someone new.

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man with dark hair and button up shirt posing for a headshot.
Sidhant Bendre is the cofounder of Oleve.

Courtesy of Sidhant Bendre

The Tiny Team era is here

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Three young professionals, including two men and one woman, pose outdoors and on city streets.
Quentin Peccoux, Anada Lakra, and Shivam Sagar spoke with BI about tiny teams.

Business Insider

Quentin Peccoux vibe codes every day. He's one of seven full-time employees at an AI-powered startup. Initially, he feared the technology would replace him. Now, he says it "feels like a superpower."

Anthropic unveils latest AI model, aiming to extend its lead in coding intelligence

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

Anthropic

The agentic internet is coming. AI companies are racing to build the digital rails first.

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Railroad workers and engineers laying the first rails for a railroad in Alaska.
Railroad workers and engineers laying the first rails for a railroad in Alaska.

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Google is revamping its Chrome browser for the AI era

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Sundar Pichai in front of a striped multicolored background.
Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, California.

Jeff Chiu / AP Photo

The Amazon executive overseeing its upcoming AI agent service is stepping down

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Amazon physical stores VP Dilip Kumar
Amazon physical stores VP Dilip Kumar

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Marc Benioff says Salesforce has cut 4,000 roles in support because of AI agents

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Marc Benioff, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce, speaks at an Economic Club of Washington luncheon in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2019
Marc Benioff, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce, speaks at an Economic Club of Washington luncheon in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2019

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