Salesforce Pauses Hiring as AI Boosts Productivity; Retail Automates with AI, Facing Real-Time Stress Tests

Salesforce has paused hiring software engineers, citing dramatic productivity gains from AI tools like Agentforce, according to CEO Marc Benioff. This shift highlights AI's role in reshaping workforces, potentially reducing entry-level tech jobs and prompting industry-wide adaptation to human-AI collaboration.

Retail automation is now in its artificial intelligence era, turning every transaction into a real-time stress test, SiliconANGLE reports. Minor delays during simultaneous checkouts by millions of shoppers can lead to catastrophic losses, making the ability to deliver at AI-powered scale critical for retailers.

In the evolving tech landscape, "cracked engineers" are surpassing intuitive "vibe coders" due to AI automating routine tasks. Companies now prioritize these battle-hardened talents for complex projects in "rage tech" environments, fostering an industry maturation, according to an industry report.

The University of Phoenix and LinkedIn will host a free webinar on January 22nd titled, “AI in Action: Skills and Strategies for a New Era of Nursing," to share guidance nurses can apply to their careers, according to PR Newswire.

The University of Jammu's council approved plans aligned with NEP 2020, including new programs focused on local culture, AI, and disaster management, under the direction of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.

An article in the Borneo Post Online discusses the challenges of respecting privacy in a digital age when artificial intelligence is always watching and learning.

Sources:

• Webpronews

• Borneo

• The Tribune India

• Siliconangle

• The Times Of Bengal

• Webpronews