Salesforce Cut 4,000 Jobs Using AI

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AI reshapes industries: Salesforce cuts 4,000 support roles, OpenAI invests $1.1B in applications team, and Amazon rolls out Lens Live shopping.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• AI Tutorial: Turn ChatGPT into Study Coach

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Plush Object Creation Prompt

• AI Video Tutorial

• F-R-E-E AI Course of the Day: Building AI Browser Agents

Hottest AI News

Salesforce

Salesforce CEO Reveals AI Agents Eliminated 4,000 Support Jobs

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff just revealed one of the most significant real-world examples of AI replacing human workers we've seen yet. In a recent podcast appearance, he disclosed that AI agents have eliminated 4,000 support roles at the company - nearly half their entire support division.

Details:

• Salesforce shows how quickly AI reshapes teams. Benioff cut support staff from 9,000 to 5,000 after launching AI agents. Instead of layoffs, many workers moved into services, sales, and customer success. Benioff called it “the eight most exciting months of my career”

• The gains go beyond support. For 26 years, Salesforce had 100 million uncalled leads due to limited staff. At present, their “agentic sales” system follows up with every contact, opening revenue streams once out of reach

• AI and humans split customer chats 50-50, compared to mostly humans last year. Benioff likens it to Tesla autopilot: AI agents know their limits and escalate tough cases through an “omnichannel supervisor.” It lets AI handle routine tasks so humans can focus on complex work

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI will create jobs through growth, but Salesforce shows a complex reality — some roles vanish, others evolve, and early adopters gain big advantages in efficiency and capability.

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OpenAI

OpenAI Builds Out Applications Team with $1.1 Billion Statsig Deal

OpenAI is making significant organizational changes to strengthen its applications business, with fresh leadership appointments and a major acquisition signaling the company's commitment to building world-class products around its AI tech.

Details:

• OpenAI acquired Statsig, a product analytics and A/B testing platform, for $1.1B. Founder and CEO Vijaye Raji joins as CTO of Applications, leading ChatGPT and Codex engineering, infrastructure, and integrity. He reports to Applications CEO Fidji Simo

• Srinivas Narayanan, who led ChatGPT and developer APIs, is CTO of B2B Applications. He’ll drive business-focused products for startups, enterprises, and government, reporting to COO Brad Lightcap

• Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil shifts from product leadership to VP of AI for Science, working with Chief Research Officer Mark Chen. ChatGPT head Nick Turley and other product leads report to Simo, consolidating consumer product development under Applications

These moves mark OpenAI’s biggest restructuring yet, splitting consumer apps, business apps, and research, while adding product and UX expertise through the Statsig acquisition.

Top AI & SaaS Tools

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• ElevenLabs SFX v2: Generate any sound effect from a prompt — with higher SFX quality, seamless looping, and extended duration [F-R-E-E]

• Face Search: Analyzes facial features in images and compares them to a large online database to find matches and show where your photos appear [F-R-E-E]

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AI Tutorial

How to Turn ChatGPT into Your Interactive Study Coach

Learning with AI doesn’t have to mean passively reading answers. ChatGPT’s Study & Learn flow transforms it into an interactive tutor that guides you step by step, checks your work, and keeps you actively engaged.

1. Open ChatGPT and make sure you’re using the latest model. Select “GPT-5” for the best experience.

2. Enable Study & Learn mode:

   • Tap the “+” icon next to the model name.

   • Open the “More” settings menu.

   • Toggle on “Study & Learn.”

3. Set the response style depending on needs:

   • Auto (default): Balanced response speed and depth.

   • Instant: Best for short, straightforward prompts.

   • Thinking: Slower, detailed responses with step-by-step scaffolding.

4. Craft prompt with structure for best results:

   • Example: “Teach me the basics of [subject] as if I’m a beginner, but stop after each explanation and ask me a quick check question before continuing.”

   • Or: “Break down [concept] into smaller steps, quiz me after each part, and only continue if I answer correctly.”

5. Start working through guided steps.

   • ChatGPT will act like a tutor.

   • It will check each of your answers before moving to the next step.

   • If you get stuck, it can give hints instead of revealing the full solution right away.

6. Use interactive quizzes for reinforcement.

   • Mix in multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short-answer questions.

   • Ask for variations like “Give me a harder version” or “Same problem, new numbers.”

7. Download or save session once you’re done.

   • This way you’ll have organized study notes you can review later.

   • Some platforms let you export directly; if not, copy the session into a document.

8. Enhance learning with pro tips:

   • Use precise instructions such as “Socratic hints only” or “Don’t reveal the final answer until I ask.”

   • Alternate between explanations and quizzes to balance understanding and practice.

   • Request diagnostic help with prompts like “Find my mistake” to identify gaps in your reasoning.

9. Repeat and refine.

   • Go over the same topic with slightly different problems.

   • Ask ChatGPT to adjust difficulty so you gradually move from basics to advanced concepts.

Note: Reverse the roles by teaching the concept back to ChatGPT — explaining helps reinforce mastery.

Top AI & Tech News

• Amazon launched Lens Live, an AI-powered, real-time camera shopping feature in the Amazon app

• Judge Amit Mehta ordered limited remedies for Google’s illegal search monopoly, rejecting broad DOJ proposals like forcing a Chrome divestiture

• Apple is losing AI researchers, including robotics head Jian Zhang to Meta; three others are leaving—two to OpenAI and one to Anthropic

• Mistral AI expanded Le Chat with 20+ enterprise MCP connectors and added “Memories” for persistent context and personalization

AI Art Spotlight

Model: Midjourney V7

Prompt:

lone samurai walking through surreal red grass field with yellow foreground, distant blue mountains, partly cloudy sky, cinematic Japanese atmosphere, painterly digital art, dramatic lighting, detailed textures, stoic mood, no text --ar 9:16 --v 7

Prompt of the Day

Plush Object Creation Prompt

This versatile 3D rendering prompt is perfect for creating adorable, tactile objects with irresistible charm. By combining soft, plush textures with clean, centered compositions, it generates squeezable-looking models that evoke the cozy appeal of stuffed toys and animated characters.

Top AI Video Tutorial

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Complimentary AI Course of the Day

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This course covers how autonomous web agents work, their limits, and how to optimize them. You’ll build agents to perform practical tasks like finding, scraping, and summarizing webpages, filling out forms, and subscribing to newsletters—using the AgentQ framework with MCTS, self-critique, and DPO for self-correction.