Salesforce Exec Invites A.I. Bot to All Senior Staff Meetings
*By Jacqueline Corba*
Salesforce has saved a seat at its executive meetings for Einstein, an artificial intelligence-powered robot developed by the cloud computing company.
"The fact that we are using our own products to really drive our forecasting, it's pretty amazing," said Bob Stutz, CEO of Salesforce's Marketing Cloud. "It is really great to have that tool that you can use every single day to run your business."
Salesforce's chief executive, Marc Benioff, has been an outspoken proponent of the company's use of A.I., and said that Einstein has [been at every weekly senior staff meeting](http://fortune.com/2018/01/25/salesforce-benioff-einstein-davos-ai/) for the last year.
Stutz said Einstein pulls his weight on a team that has grown its quarterly revenue by 41 percent year over year.
"We are on an incredible tear right now," Stutz said in an interview with Cheddar. "It's really helping customers connect with their consumers across sales, marketing, service ー it's a real growth driver for us nowadays."
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/inside-salesforce-marketing-cloud-growth).
Jaguar's Product Planning Manager Dave Larsen pointed out that Waymo's software would have avoided the fatal crash by one of Uber's self-driving cars last week in Tempe, Ariz. Recently, reports have emerged that Uber's self-driving car tests were falling far behind rival Waymo's long before that crash.
While the technology is almost there, legislation may be the reason a fully autonomous society is pushed back. Dave Larsen, Jaguar's U.S. Product Planning Manager, says it'll take about 20 years.
President Trump called out Amazon in an early morning tweet Thursday, saying he's concerned the company pays "little or no taxes." This follows reports that the president wants to go after Amazon. Immediately following these reports, Amazon stock tanked, losing billions of dollars in market cap. This is not the first time Trump has attacked Amazon.
Facebook is making changes to its data-sharing practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media company announced late Wednesday that it would stop sharing user information with third-party data firms. This strategy has been at the core of Facebook's business for the past few years.
Bryan Cranston, star of the hit show "Breaking Bad," joins us to talk about this new project. He's the co-creator of "The Dangerous Book for Boys," a new TV series which will stream on Amazon Prime. Fans won't see him on camera, but they will see actress Erinn Hayes. Cranston and Hayes tell us what to expect from the family-friendly show. It premieres on Amazon this Friday, March 30th.
Later this year, Jaguar will provide Waymo with its first I-Pace electric vehicle. It will then be fitted with self-driving tech and begin testing, says Dave Larsen, Jaguar's U.S. Product Planning Manager. The two companies hope to roll out about 20,000 autonomous vehicles by 2020.
By growing so quickly and with such scale, the cryptocurrency market almost brought the investigation by the SEC on itself. "[It] is a situation that regulations cannot ignore," says Paul Vigna, reporter at the Wall Street Journal and author of "The Truth Machine."
Facebook is making changes to its data-sharing practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media company announced late Wednesday that it would stop sharing user information with third-party data firms.
President Trump called out Amazon in an early morning tweet today, saying he's concerned the company pays "little or no taxes." This follows reports that the president wanted to go after Amazon.
The driverless car revolution won't fully take over in the near term because safety needs to be mastered first, says Jeff Bracken, Group Vice President of the luxury carmaker. His comments come after Uber's fatal autonomous car crash last week, which has left the industry reeling.
In a bid to lure millennials, the luxury carmaker is testing out the new strategy with various pricing models, says Jeff Bracken, Lexus Group Vice President. The carmaker unveiled the Lexus UX model at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday.
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/lexus-unveils-a-new-compact-crossover-for-the-urban-explorer).
