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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff joins growing chorus of tech leaders warning about AI risks
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Tuesday became the latest tech leader to urge the artificial intelligence industry to act responsibly as increasingly powerful models become more widely used.
Key facts
- Salesforce is up more than 50% from its 52-week low of $146 in late June
- His comments come amid an intensifying debate over AI safety, fueled most recently by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's weekend essay calling for frontier AI labs to slow the pace of model development
- A lot of companies got hurt, a lot of individuals got hurt through social media," Benioff told Jim Cramer in a " Mad Money " interview from the sidelines of his company's annual Dreamforce event
- Salesforce shares on Tuesday gave back some of their more than 4.5% advance from the prior session
Summary
His comments come amid an intensifying debate over AI safety, fueled most recently by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's weekend essay calling for frontier AI labs to slow the pace of model development to give safety measures more time to catch up. Benioff has a history of imploring tech companies to think of the greater good. Now, he is warning AI companies not to repeat the same mistakes. The warning is particularly notable given Salesforce's deep ties to the companies at the forefront of the AI boom.