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Microsoft pitches AI 'agents' that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024
Read full article: Microsoft pitches AI 'agents' that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to “act on our behalf across our work and life.”.
Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion
Read full article: Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billionIn a deal announced Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft. But software as a service has become an industry standard that has turned into a gold mine for longtime software makers. Slack and Salesforce are headquartered about a block away from each other in San Francisco. Slack," Benioff said.