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You WILL love Marc's pet robot
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Salesforce Hits 8,000 Agentforce Deals, Opens Up on Its Informatica Acquisition https://www.cxtoday.com/conversational-ai/salesforce-hits-8000-agentforce-deals-opens-up-on-its-informatica-acquisition/
Bring Back Search on Salesforce Help https://ideas.salesforce.com/s/idea/a0BHp000016LluLMAS/bring-back-search-on-salesforce-help

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AI agents mean Salesforce won't hire software engineers in 2025, apparently https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/12/ai-agents-mean-salesforce-wont-hire-software-engineers-in-2025-apparently/
Salesforce: AI agents don't work — but we're charging 6% more for AI anyway https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/18/salesforce-ai-agents-dont-work-but-were-charging-6-more-for-ai-anyway/
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vibe compliance
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Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/deloitte-to-refund-government-after-admitting-ai-errors-in-440k-report-20251005-p5n05p
Targeted Compliance Framework Final Report 26 September 2025 https://www.dewr.gov.au/download/17099/targeted-compliance-framework-assurance-review-final-report/41163/targeted-compliance-framework-independent-review-final-report/pdf
Anthropic lands its biggest enterprise deployment ever with Deloitte deal https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/06/anthropic-deloitte-enterprise-ai.html

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Deloitte Australia writes government report with AI — and fake references https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/28/deloitte-australia-writes-government-report-with-ai-and-fake-references/
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Great Depression 2: Depress Harder
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The Subprime AI Crisis (2024) https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/
Spending on AI Is at Epic Levels. Will It Ever Pay Off? https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-bubble-building-spree-55ee6128
$2 trillion in new revenue needed to fund AI's scaling trend — Bain & Company's 6th annual Global Technology Report https://www.bain.com/about/media-center/press-releases/20252/%242-trillion-in-new-revenue-needed-to-fund-ais-scaling-trend---bain--companys-6th-annual-global-technology-report/
The AI boom is unsustainable unless tech spending goes 'parabolic,' Deutsche Bank warns: 'This is highly unlikely' https://fortune.com/2025/09/23/ai-boom-unsustainable-tech-spending-parabolic-deutsche-bank/
'AI's not a bubble but if it were, here's how it might pop' https://www.ft.com/content/65a14f89-6728-43bf-8c4e-b1a75023501a

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ChatGPT goes down — and fake jobs grind to a halt worldwide https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/
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'AI is here to stay' — is it, though? What do you mean, 'stay'? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/ai-is-here-to-stay-is-it-though-what-do-you-mean-stay/
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SoftBank needs OpenAI to stay alive — no matter what https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/27/softbank-needs-openai-to-stay-alive-no-matter-what/
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AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/
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Keep the party pumping! Just that little bit longer!
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Nvidia's AI empire: A look at its top startup investments https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/19/nvidias-ai-empire-a-look-at-its-top-startup-investments/
How NVIDIA Fuels the AI Revolution With Investments in Game Changers and Market Makers https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-investments/

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Is this thing on? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/06/22/hello-world/
Cash incinerator OpenAI secures its $6.6 billion lifeline — 'in the spirit of a donation' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/03/cash-incinerator-openai-secures-its-6-6-billion-lifeline-in-the-spirit-of-a-donation/
Nvidia primes the pump, puts $1b of pocket change into AI startups https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/04/nvidia-primes-the-pump-puts-1b-of-pocket-change-into-ai-startups/

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Et tu, Brute?
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HERE IS THE YOUTUBE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDkkUdyxkek&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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Aron Peterson https://www.linkedin.com/in/shokuninstudio/
Shokunin Studio https://www.shokunin.studio/about
Day 1 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7339248275910275072-4i1x/
Day 2 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7339570684861308928-g5of/
Day 3 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7339930110961111040-fYNz/
Day 4 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7340330459559604224-ZjnB/
Day 5 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7340658175420911617-lfCj/
Day 6 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7341064216885288960-KQJ8/
Day 7 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7341442000832868352-i5JP/

Jerry Maguire clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOpKJec5css&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Collateral clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEFPcljAXgs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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oh no, spending actual money!
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OpenAI Has Discussed Raising Money From Saudi Arabia, Indian Investors https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-discussed-raising-money-saudi-arabia-indian-investors
Meta in Talks to Hire AI Investors Friedman and Gross, Partially Buy Out Their Venture Fund https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-talks-hire-former-github-ceo-nat-friedman-daniel-gross-join-ai-efforts

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Ilya Sutskever, ex-OpenAI, gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has 'super intelligence' https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/06/ilya-sutskever-ex-openai-gets-2b-funding-not-to-release-anything-until-he-has-super-intelligence/
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OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/
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a16z raising fresh $20b to keep the AI bubble pumping https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/
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In 2025, venture capital can't pretend everything is fine any more https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/
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Meta buys into Scale AI in the quest for fresh data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/13/meta-buys-into-scale-ai-in-the-quest-for-fresh-data/
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what's a bit of blood money, eh
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Here's the next cohort of the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-org/generative-ai-accelerator-cohort-2025/
"We're so excited to be one of the organizations selected for this @Googleorg program!" https://x.com/inaturalist/status/1932095273549083074
What is this — iNaturalist and generative AI? https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-this-inaturalist-and-generative-ai/66140/1
iNaturalist receives grant to improve species suggestions https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-inaturalist-receives-grant-to-improve-species-suggestions
Why iNaturalist Users Freaked Out over a Google AI Grant https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/google-ai-grant-to-inaturalist-prompts-community-outcry/
"Hi again all, please know we're reading every comment and having a lot of discussions on our end." https://x.com/inaturalist/status/1932897302433444302

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where you gonna go? SAP? Yeah, didn't think so
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Introducing Agentforce 2.0: The Digital Labor Platform for Building a Limitless Workforce https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2024/12/17/agentforce-2-0-announcement/
"The future of customer support and service is here!" https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marcbenioff_agentforce-activity-7269552099120562178-IRGH/
Agentforce Is Now Available on Salesforce Help: But Is It Actually Helpful? https://www.salesforceben.com/agentforce-is-now-available-on-salesforce-help-but-is-it-actually-helpful/
Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Convergence.ai https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-convergence-ai/
CRMArena-Pro: Holistic Assessment of LLM Agents Across Diverse Business Scenarios and Interactions (PDF) https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18878
Updated Product Packaging and Pricing Offer New AI Capabilities and More Ways to Scale AI Throughout Every Organization https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/pricing-update-2025/

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AI agents mean Salesforce won't hire software engineers in 2025, apparently https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/12/ai-agents-mean-salesforce-wont-hire-software-engineers-in-2025-apparently/

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also, vibe coding
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OpenAI and Microsoft Tensions Are Reaching a Boiling Point https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-and-microsoft-tensions-are-reaching-a-boiling-point-4981c44f

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Sam Altman: AI agents will totally replace your employees any year now! Also, ChatGPT Pro is losing money https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/06/sam-altman-ai-agents-will-totally-replace-your-employees-any-year-now-also-chatgpt-pro-is-losing-money/

OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably
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OpenAI tries a new scheme to go for-profit — but Elon Musk isn't convinced https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/06/openai-tries-a-new-scheme-to-go-for-profit-but-elon-musk-isnt-convinced/
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'consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels'
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Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

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