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“We are really moving into a world now of managing humans and agents together”: Marc Benioff thinks today’s CEOs will be the last to have a fully human workforce – and he’s not the only big tech exec predicting the rise of a new AI workforce
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff thinks current chief executives will be among the last to oversee an all-human workforce as the use of AI agents becomes more widespread. Benioff’s prediction came during a conversation with Axios at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January, where he referred to AI agents as “digital labor” capable of handling roles previously reserved…
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OpenAI’s Project Stargate sparks reactions from Microsoft, Meta CEOs
“All I know is I’m good for my $80 billion.” Rarely does a one-liner so perfectly capture the state of the moment. Here, you have Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella saying he’s “not in the details” about Stargate, the supposedly multi-hundred-billion AI infrastructure project driven by his marquee investment, OpenAI. Nadella not being read in on the nebulous details of Stargate…
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Tech CEOs want to replicate Tim Cook’s Donald Trump playbook
Instead of sending government relations executives or lobbyists, Cook would appeal to Trump directly through phone calls and meals, said people familiar with the interactions. Cook then developed a meeting strategy with Trump where he would bring one data point to home in on a single issue in a meeting, the people said. That approach helped keep the meetings from…
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“How is he doing this?” – Marc Benioff questions Klarna CEO’s move to scrap Workday, Salesforce in SaaS ‘consolidation’ drive
Klarna is calling quits on its use of Salesforce and Workday amid a sharpened focus on harnessing AI as the company ramps up adoption of the technology – but Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff appears perplexed at the decision. CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski confirmed the move in a conference call in late August, according to reports from Seeking Alpha, revealing the decision…
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Telegram will start moderating private chats after CEO’s arrest
Now, Durov appears to have changed his tone. “Telegram’s abrupt increase in user count to 950M caused growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform,” he wrote in the statement shared today. “That’s why I made it my personal goal to ensure we significantly improve things in this regard. We’ve already started that process internally, and…
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Insights from CEOs and Gen Z on Mental Health Issues
Businessolver’s 2024 State of Workplace Empathy Study, which surveyed more than 3,000 CEOs, HR professionals, and employees, paints a concerning picture: mental health is declining sharply among some employee segments. Overall, 55% of CEOs and 50% of employees cited a mental health issue in the past year, with Gen Z (65%), women (60%), LGBTQ+ (66%), caregivers (71%), veterans (73%), and…
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