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Salesforce launches Agentforce,AI window washers, and the future of Darth Vader

Discover the latest AI news, from Salesforce launching it's newest AI product to the funding dilemma for female entrepreneurs in AI. Plus, explore AI-driven business trends, cloud growth, and the future job market.

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Malcolm Frank, CEO
September 16, 2024

A Note from Malcolm

The AI Agent economy is fast approaching.  

Agents are purpose-built AI models to complete specific tasks on your behalf (think software coding, financial trading, healthcare diagnostics, or legal discovery). There will soon be thousands of use cases, and you’ll likely be leveraging dozens of these agents daily.  Such solutions will leverage the generic power of LLMs and apply them to very specific situations.  

The AI agent movement parallels the killer apps of the Client/Server revolution of a generation ago. Back then, the technical foundations (PCs, servers, networks, relational databases) emerged first, with business applications following years later. The key difference? Those Client/Server apps were often unwieldy enterprise-scale solutions like SAP or Oracle. Today's AI agents, in contrast, are agile, rapidly proliferating, and tailored for individual use cases and personal consumption (basically, your smartphone apps on steroids).  

To stay ahead in any profession you’ll soon need an “exoskeleton” of sorts composed of multiple agents.  Knowing which ones are right for you, and how to use them, will be key.

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Long-awaited o1 (or Strawberry) is here, a “reasoning” model trained to answer complex questions faster than a human can.  

A16Z: Every white-collar worker will have an AI Copilot; then an AI Agent

The transition from AI as job-enhancer to job-replacer may gain steam soon.

HFS: GenAI isn’t a threat to your job; agentic AI is

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Jeremiah Owyang’s map of the fast-evolving AI Agent ecosystem.

An AI bot named James has taken my old job

A newspaper in Hawaii has turned to AI-generated presenters. 

Salesforce launches an AI that works like a sales rep

Agentforce can act on its own, potentially taking on multiple sales-related tasks.

Coding assistants wave goodbye to junior developers

Similar to financial services and consulting, AI is removing the bottom rungs of the career ladder for developers. 

Going coastal: San Francisco, Seattle and NYC account for 44% of AI jobs

The traditional tech centers have successfully pivoted.

Getting smart

IBM will train you in AI fundamentals for free - and give you a skill credential - in 10 hours.

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GenAI: A source of costly mistakes for enterprise tech buyers

The “worst practices” to avoid in the enterprise.

Can AI help female founders get funded?

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BCG Study: GenAI doesn’t just increase productivity; it expands capabilities

Workers should “consider generative AI an exoskeleton: a tool that empowers workers to perform better, and do more, than either the human or GenAI can on their own.”

This AI robot spells the end to one of the most dangerous urban jobs  

Window washing, one of the most iconic jobs in the world, is heading to the boneyard. The automation of a $40 billion industry. 

Yuval Noah Harari takes on AI

In his latest book, “Nexus,” the historian examines the history of information networks and the challenges posed by the AI revolution.

And one more thing…

James Earl Jones ensures Darth Vader will live on

Jones approved an AI voice clone that Disney could use forever. 

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