Zetrix Unveils an AI Chatbot for Muslims With DeepSeek Knowhow
Zetrix AI Bhd plans to unveil its 'NurAI' chatbot for Malaysian users on Tuesday, offering guidance in Malay, Indonesian, Arabic and English on a plethora of matters from dining to legal advice based on Sharia or Islamic values. In the coming months, it will feature AI avatars of Islamic scholars offering advice on lifestyle, health and financial services matters. Its answers draw on Sharia, the comprehensive system of Islamic laws that governs everything from meal preparation to banking.
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Jamie Miller, chief financial and operating officer at PayPal, emphasized that, for now, her team is using AI agents to produce first drafts of internal content. That includes things like 'executive-level materials, where it's really summarization of a strategy,' she told reporters. 'We have not yet done, at least to my knowledge, AI-generated 10-Ks,' she said. 'I think we'll work our way to some form of assistance on that. … Within finance itself, there are lots of opportunities to leverage AI, and we see a lot of that internally.' Robin Washington, who started her role as Salesforce's first chief operating and financial officer four months ago, said that she personally uses AI tools to prepare for analyst questions and to better understand competition. 'We are very much using [AI] to astutely understand the landscape,' she said. Washington added that artificial intelligence has helped cut down her prep work for earnings calls to 'hours instead of days.' Though the discussion was mostly sparse on other concrete use cases for rank-and-file employees, both finance chiefs maintained that AI tools are set to fundamentally change the workforce, eventually. 'My boss always says we're probably the last set of managers to just manage humans,' Washington said. 'We're going to have AIs autonomously working side-by-side helping us make decisions.' In an email, Salesforce spokesman Tyler Ng said that the company's 'Agentforce for Sales' program 'helps reps spend more time selling by letting AI handle routine tasks like lead follow-up and outreach around the clock.' 'Recently, the AI agent analyzed over 7,800 unworked leads — accounts with no rep outreach or activity — to prioritize high-intent prospects, personalize messaging and book 50+ meetings, generating $460K in net-new pipeline in just three weeks,' he said. 'The real power comes from AI and humans working together: while AI handles repetitive tasks, reps focus on building relationships and closing deals.' And while big-ticket AI investments have coincided with recent layoff plans at several companies, such as Microsoft, the finance heads of Salesforce and PayPal emphasized that the emerging technology will instead reinforce the need for human skills. Washington cited things like 'problem-solving, emotional intelligence and higher-level decision making.' 'AI brings the data directly to us, and it enhances our ability to … do the art of the possible,' she said. For her part, Miller emphasized the continued need for 'curiosity, systems thinking, self-starting' among employees. 'I was in a board meeting last week, and someone joked, 'sounds like it's the revenge of the liberal arts grad, finally,'' she said. The two leaders' roundtable discussion coincided with the release of new survey data from Salesforce measuring CFO sentiment on AI. In a survey of 261 global finance chiefs, the company found that about a third have adopted an "aggressive' approach to the emerging technology. Just 4% said they have a 'conservative' AI strategy, and the lion's share of respondents (63%) said they're taking a moderate approach. Conducted in June in partnership with Morning Consult, the survey also found that respondents, on average, are allocating about a quarter of their existing AI budgets specifically to AI agents. Meanwhile, 61% of the CFOs said that 'AI agents/digital labor' are 'critical' to competition. The company 'defines digital labor as a hybrid workforce where humans and autonomous AI agents work together to accomplish more than either could on their own,' spokesman Ng said. In addition, about a third of respondents said that artificial intelligence 'requires them to have a riskier mindset around technology investments.' Part 2 — This week Here's a list of important market events slated for the week ahead. Monday, Aug. 11 — None scheduled. Tuesday, Aug. 12 NFIB optimism index, July Consumer price index, July Core CPI, July Monthly U.S. federal budget, July Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid's speech Wednesday, Aug. 13 Atlanta Fed President Bostic speaks Thursday, Aug. 14 Initial jobless claims, Aug. 9 Producer price index, July Core PPI, July Richmond Fed President Barkin speaks Friday, Aug. 15 U.S. retail sales, July Empire State manufacturing survey, Aug. Import price index, July Industrial production, July Business inventories, June Consumer sentiment (preliminary), Aug. 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