🤖 Salesforce CEO confirms 4,000 layoffs ‘because I need less heads’ with AI
Salesforce’s Marc Benioff didn’t sugarcoat it - AI’s doing the heavy lifting now. Roughly half of customer support work is automated, which... well, translated into 4,000 jobs gone. His rationale? Brutally straightforward: fewer heads needed. It’s an efficiency story, sure - but also, a bit of a gut-punch.
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💼 3 Top AI Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever
This one’s for the long-haul folks. A recent investing roundup spotlighted AI’s infrastructure giants - think chips, models, the whole backend stack - as practically untouchable. The “buy and hold forever” mantra might sound dreamy, but the logic behind it... surprisingly solid.
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🏛 Microsoft accelerates AI adoption for the U.S. government
Microsoft just inked a federal deal to roll out Copilot and other AI tools across U.S. agencies. It’s less “AI overlords in Washington” and more like - your local bureaucrat now has an upgrade. Think paperwork meets productivity software with a dash of smart.
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🎓 AI and Humanity in Campus Convocation
At Northeastern University’s convocation, President Joseph Aoun dubbed the Class of 2029 the first true “AI generation.” His speech drifted between poetic and practical - urging students to figure out where human agency ends and AI autonomy begins. “You’ll shape it - or it’ll shape you.” A little sci-fi, a lot of truth.
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📱 AI Mobiles on the Rise
Global smartphone sales nudged up just 1% this year (to 1.24 billion units), but the twist? AI-powered phones are gaining serious ground. By 2029, they’re expected to own 70% of the market. So yeah, your next phone might low-key outthink your 11th grade math teacher.
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🎤 IIT-Kanpur AI Summit Launches
In India, IIT-Kanpur kicked off “Samanvay 2025,” a big corporate-meets-academia AI summit. CM Yogi Adityanath opened the event, where startups, researchers, and giants like TCS converged. There was even an MoU signing - kind of like a business handshake dressed in academic robes.
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