Salesforce CEO says 50% of company work is now done by AI

What just happened? Not every company is slowing down its rush to go all-in on AI – Salesforce certainly isn't. According to CEO Marc Benioff, up to 50% of work being done at the software giant is now performed by AI. Benioff had plenty of praise for the technology, but said little about how it will impact those it puts out of work.

Speaking in an interview on Bloomberg's The Circuit with Emily Chang, Benioff said "All of us have to get our head around this idea that AI could do things, that before, we were doing, and we can move on to do higher-value work." He revealed that about 30% to 50% of work being done at the company is now performed by AI.

Salesforce announced earlier this year that it was laying off 1,000 people as a result of its AI focus, something Benioff seems less ...