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Salesforce’s major AI pivot with Agentforce
Customer relationship management leader Salesforce is urging customers to give up on creating “DIY” copilot bots and instead leverage AI agents it is making available on its platform.
How AI features in smartphones are reducing their dependence on the cloud
Companies are increasingly recognising the need to perform much of the computer and AI processing to customer devices like smartphones, potentially putting greater control in the hands of consumers.
Griffin on Tech: GovGPT’s baby steps and Harari’s AI warning
The reason GovGPT attracted a lot of attention this week is that many Kiwis have a frustrating time dealing with government agencies. It’s part of the reason why Judith Collins, who launched GovGPT at the AI Summit this week, created the digitising government ministerial portfolio. She wants to see a customer service revolution in government and sees AI as being central to that.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. It’s a sign markets aren’t working
Whether and how we use that power is up to us, but we mightn’t have it for long. The more the new class of billionaires and trillionaires becomes entrenched, the more it will be able to use the political system to protect their interests rather than those of mere mortals.
Apple finds its price ceiling, readies to unleash AI
Another year, another launch of Apple iPhone models characterised by incremental tweaks, with the infusion this year of Apple Intelligence to, among other things, supercharge Siri.
Griffin on Tech: Aussie floats mandatory guardrails for AI
The Australian Government this week published some proposed mandatory guardrails for high-risk AI as well as a voluntary safety standard for organisations using AI that will act as a temporary stopgap.