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4 days ago
- Business
- NDTV
AI Does 50% Work At Salesforce, But Mass Layoffs Not On Cards Yet: CEO Marc Benioff
Artificial Intelligence (AI) performs a lot of work at Salesforce, but the company has no mass lay-off plans yet, CEO Marc Benioff has said. On The Circuit With Emily Chang podcast for Bloomberg, he spoke at length about the transformative power of AI, but added it can either replace humans or enhance them, and he believes in the latter. AI will support and improve human work, instead of taking it away or replacing people completely, he added. With the advancement of AI in the tech industry, Mr Benioff said that some jobs will disappear but new ones will also be created. He explained that Salesforce has already undergone major changes, such as thousands of employees in his company being given new roles and there being a pause on hiring engineering jobs for now. According to Fortune, in the first quarter, the San Francisco-based software company has redeployed more than 50 percent of the people already working with them, he said. His company has created an AI tool that can do tasks like customer service without human supervision with 93 percent accuracy, Mr Benioff said. Humans have led to the formation of some of the greatest innovations and also created several businesses that seek to solve real-world problems, he said. They possess a "superpower" that AI lacks, which is the capacity to show empathy or establish genuine connections with others, Mr Benioff added, reported Fortune. "All of us have to get our heads around this idea that AI can do things that we were doing, he added, stating, "We can move on to do higher-value work." Apple iPod founder Tony Fadell also stressed the importance of being hands-on with the tools, instead of just learning about them in theory. He said that companies nowadays are not hiring freshers like they used to but are looking for those who already have experience. He said that junior-level jobs, like entry-level or fresher jobs, in all industries are at high risk as businesses are no longer willing to spend time training freshers or interns. Last month, Mr Benioff said that AI does up to 50 percent of all work at Salesforce, including critical tasks like customer service, development, and engineering. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated in May that 20 percent to 30 percent of the company's code was generated by Artificial Intelligence. In April, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said more than 30 percent of his company's coding work was done by Artificial Intelligence. In May, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that within the next 12 to 18 months, AI will soon be doing most of the coding work for his company's Llama Project. Currently, AI can help in auto-completing a section of code and soon will become even better than the top coders, he added.
New York Post
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
U2 guitarist The Edge finally becomes Irish citizen after over 60 years: ‘I'm a little tardy'
The Edge is officially an Irish citizen. After living in Ireland for 62 years, the U2 guitarist, 63, became an Irish citizen on Monday. 'I guess, you know, I'm a little tardy with the paper work,' The Edge, whose real name is David Howell Evans, joked to reporters during a ceremony for new Irish citizens in Killarney, according to the Irish outlet The Journal. 5 The Edge of U2 celebrates the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004. Getty Images 'I've been living in Ireland now since I was 1-year-old,' he explained. 'But the time is right. And I couldn't be more proud of my country for all that it represents and all that it is doing.' Evans was born in Essex, England, but relocated to Ireland as a child. 'It's showing real leadership right now in the world,' the musician added, 'and it couldn't come at a better moment for me so I am just so happy to be at this point to be in even deeper connection with my homeland.' 5 Guitarist of 'U2', David Howell Evans. AFP via Getty Images He shared that the paperwork to obtain his citizenship was 'quite straightforward.' 'Honestly there were many moments in the past when I could have done it with just the form to be filled out but I'm happy it's now,' Evans admitted. 'It feels more significant, it feels more meaningful.' 'Because of what is going on in the world right now,' he explained. 'What Ireland stands for, it's very powerful. We are talking really about showing leadership in the world, supporting our international bodies, the ICC, UN, speaking truth to power. Really important what Ireland is representing right now.' 5 Bono and The Edge at the 60th Annual GRAMMY awards. Getty Images for NARAS The guitarist said becoming an Irish citizen with thousands of others was 'a monumental day for all of us.' U2 was founded in Dublin in 1976 by Evans, Bono, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. The group signed with Island Records and released their debut album, 'Boy,' in 1980. They have since put out 15 studio albums and garnered 22 Grammys and two Golden Globes. In 2004, U2 was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. 5 The Edge of U2 performs onstage. WireImage The band's lead singer, Bono, 65, has worked on solo projects over the years, including a stage show called 'Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief…' and his AppleTV+ film, 'Bono: Stories of Surrender,' that dropped last month. The movie follows Bono's 2022 memoir, 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.' In May, the singer spoke with Esquire about how the stage show made him 'miss' his father, Bob Hewson, who died in 2001 at 75. 5 Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton of U2 perform at the SCG on November 22, 2019. Getty Images 'I began to really like him, as well as love him,' Bono admitted about the performances. 'I even began to miss him.' 'I realized it was his sense of humor,' he explained about his late dad's jabs. 'My whole life it came across as only cutting, but I realized how very funny it was.' 'I started to realize that all of those arguments that we used to have at the kitchen table, he was always on the side of social justice,' Bono detailed. 'He owns that part of me.'
