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Strategic Leadership in the Age of Generative AI: A Guide for Long-Term Success
Can a new book finally help executives grasp the full potential of AI? In this issue of “The AI Economy,” we look at “Winning with Generational AI” and chat with one of its authors, Charlene Li, to understand if this 90-day blueprint can offer highly sought-after clarity. You have probably heard about NotebookLM, but what […]
Salesforce Gives the Gift of Free AI Trailhead Courses Through 2025
This is my final dispatch from Dreamforce 2024. The conference did live up to the hype Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff promised: We’d all be talking about artificial intelligence. For this issue of “The AI Economy,” read about how Salesforce is preparing non-technical workers to adapt to this third wave of AI. Although Agentforce requires […]
Marc Benioff Wants to Break the AI ‘Hypnosis,’ Urges Vendors to ‘Let the Customer at It’
Surrounded by journalists and industry analysts, Salesforce’s outspoken chief executive, Marc Benioff, revealed a secret about this year’s Dreamforce keynote address: It was only completed the prior night after he scrapped an earlier speech three weeks ago. By the time he took the stage, Benioff hadn’t even rehearsed it before addressing 10,000 in-person attendees and […]
Salesforce’s Agentforce: What You Need to Know About the Autonomous AI Agent Platform
Welcome to another special edition of “The AI Economy.” Over the next few days, I’ll devote this newsletter to Salesforce’s annual customer conference. Today’s issue provides a closer look at the company’s autonomous AI agent platform, Agentforce, which will be formally introduced at Dreamforce next week. Calling it “what AI was meant to be,” chief […]
AI Takes Center Stage: The Message Salesforce Must Deliver at Dreamforce
Welcome to a special edition of “The AI Economy.” Over the next few days, I’ll devote this newsletter to Salesforce’s annual customer conference. New issues will feature an analysis of the company’s AI announcements that might reshape how organizations think about how they use the technology. The Prompt Thousands are set to descend on San […]
AI is Reshaping How We Learn to Code—And How to Build ‘The AI Team’ at Work
Welcome back to “The AI Economy.” I took some time away from the newsletter during the summer. During the hiatus, I spent some time and got addicted to photographing velodrome racing at a nearby track to help recharge my creative mind. And now I’m back to share the latest AI news with you! For this week’s […]
The Five Types of AI Personas You’ll Find at Work
How do corporate workers feel about artificial intelligence? While studies have shown that developers embrace the technology, companies are slow to adopt it; what about full-time desk workers? Research published by Slack looks at employee sentiment regarding AI and reveals five types of personalities companies need to be aware of when looking to adopt AI […]
AI Platform MindStudio Releases Self-Hosted Offering for the Enterprise
MindStudio, the enterprise-centric AI app development platform, has launched a new product called MindStudio for Enterprise, designed for companies that want more control over their infrastructure. This offering allows developers to take all the features available through the hosted SaaS platform and deploy them directly on the company’s on-premise or private cloud servers. In doing […]
AI Agents: Revolutionizing Software Development and Education
The software development landscape is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence. AI agents are proving their worth in helping programmers build software more efficiently — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed recently that the company’s AI assistant, Amazon Q, has drastically reduced the work hours needed for software upgrades. The […]
CodeRabbit Nabs $16 Million for Its AI Code Debugger, Expand Enterprise Reach
Artificial intelligence is transforming the coding world, offering powerful tools that redefine how developers troubleshoot and optimize code. From GitHub’s Copilot Workspace and Amazon’s CodeWhisperer to Oracle’s Code Assist, Anysphere, and Cognition’s Devin, there’s no shortage of ways to churn out code to accelerate product development readily. But that’s only one part of the puzzle—teams […]