Salesforce CEO on Disney, AI, Terminator, and the future of technology

Salesforce CEO on Disney, AI, Terminator, and the future of technology

Developments on the AI front are coming in hot and heavy. OpenAI is eyeing a huge capital raise. Microsoft is full steam ahead with a co-pilot for everything. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is whipping up humanoid robots. And bumbling lawmakers are still trying to figure out how to regulate the technology before the year 2040. And then there is a tech giant like Salesforce, which is going all in on “autonomous agents” to help unleash the power of businesses around the world. Salesforce says it’s agents could bring in big business, and usher in a whole new way of closing deals. Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi sits down with Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff – a champion of these agents – from inside the company’s annual extravaganza in San Francisco known as Dreamforce. How big is “Agentforce” going to be for Salesforce? Sozzi gets to the bottom of it! Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens. Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at https://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/. Thoughts? Questions? Fan mail? Email us at yfpodcasts@yahooinc.com. 00:00-Marc Benioff joins Opening Bid 03:00-Salesforce agents vs Microsoft co-pilots 06:00-For the love of Disney 10:40-Is AI going to steal our jobs? 14:40-Terminator: biggest AI fear 20:27-Pay parity at Salesforce Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Rachael Lewis-Krisky. Marc Benioff is Chair, CEO, and Co-Founder of Salesforce and a pioneer of cloud computing. He is also a philanthropist, boosting healthcare and affordable housing in Hawai'i with major donations and land contributions, and has campaigned for gender and LGBTQ+ rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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