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Salesforce Hits Milestone with AI Agents, Sees Robot Future

Salesforce has closed over 1,000 paid deals for its "Agentforce" platform, which uses artificial intelligence to create virtual representatives, CEO Marc Benioff announced on Tuesday, reports Reuters. At a company event in San Francisco, Salesforce showcased advancements in its platform, enabling businesses to build bots for various

Open Source Projects Drowning in AI-Generated "Slop" Bug Reports

Software vulnerability submissions generated by AI models are causing major headaches for open-source project maintainers, creating a deluge of low-quality reports that are diverting time and resources from actual security improvements. This issue, highlighted by The Register, is prompting calls for changes in how bug hunting is conducted within the

Salesforce Doubles Down on AI with Agentforce 2.0

Just two months after launching Agentforce, its generative AI tool for enterprises, Salesforce is set to unveil Agentforce 2.0, a significantly enhanced version, reports SiliconANGLE. This upgrade promises to revolutionize digital labor, building on Salesforce’s vision of AI-powered agents that augment human employees. Agentforce enables companies to construct

Google Unveils Enterprise AI Platform With Search and Agents

Google has launched a new platform that integrates AI agents and AI-powered search for businesses, reports PYMNTS. Google Agentspace, announced on Friday, combines the company’s Gemini AI model and search capabilities with businesses’ data, regardless of where it’s stored. “Google Agentspace makes your employees highly productive by helping

Adobe Names Lara Balazs as New Chief Marketing Officer

Adobe has appointed Lara Balazs as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Executive Vice President, Global Marketing, reporting directly to CEO Shantanu Narayen, the company announced on Monday. Balazs joins Adobe from Intuit, where she served as CMO and General Manager of the Strategic Partner Group. "We’re

GitLab and AWS Team Up to Integrate AI Agents into Developer Workflow

GitLab and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have partnered to integrate Amazon's Q autonomous AI agents into GitLab's Duo AI assistant, aiming to boost developer productivity and accelerate software innovation, reports TechCrunch. This collaboration goes beyond a simple integration, involving joint engineering efforts to seamlessly link the

Salesforce's $344 Million Zoomin Acquisition Highlights Shift in Dealmaking Strategy

Salesforce Inc. acquired data management startup Zoomin Software Ltd. for $344 million last month, reports Bloomberg. This acquisition underscores Salesforce's shift towards a more measured approach to mergers and acquisitions. The $344 million price tag reflects the purchase of outstanding Zoomin shares. Salesforce had already held a minority

Google Faces Billions in Losses if DOJ Antitrust Case Succeeds

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit against Google could cost the tech giant hundreds of billions of dollars, according to a Yahoo Finance analysis. This potential loss extends far beyond Google's core search business, significantly impacting revenue streams from Android, Chrome, and YouTube. The stakes are

Justice Department Demands Google Sell Chrome Browser

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has called for Google to divest its Chrome browser as a remedy for its monopolization of the online search market, reports The Wall Street Journal. This drastic measure, following the government's antitrust victory against Google earlier this year, is expected to trigger
Justice Department Demands Google Sell Chrome Browser

Red Hat Acquires Neural Magic to Boost Open Source AI Capabilities

Red Hat has signed an agreement to acquire Neural Magic, a company specializing in software and algorithms that accelerate generative AI (gen AI) inference workloads, according to a press release from Red Hat. The acquisition serves to further the company's goal of making AI workloads more accessible and