GoKawiilDebate Over Pausing AI Development Overshadows Salesforce's Dreamforce Conference
At Salesforce's Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, CEO Marc Benioff touted projected 2027 revenue of over $46 billion driven by AI products, even as attendees grappled with a growing rift among tech leaders over AI safety. The disagreement followed Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's resignation and public warning that companies pursuing self-improving AI were taking reckless risks, prompting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and even OpenAI's Sam Altman to call for slowing AI's pace. White House adviser David Sacks and President Trump dismissed these existential risk concerns, with Trump labeling them a hoax.
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The clash highlights a widening divide in Silicon Valley between commercial momentum and safety caution, with major consequences for how AI regulation and public trust evolve. When industry leaders themselves disagree on whether AI poses catastrophic risk, it complicates any coordinated policy response and leaves companies like Salesforce pushing ahead with AI products amid unresolved safety debates.
- Salesforce projects over $46 billion in 2027 revenue, driven substantially by AI-powered products.
- Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman are urging a slower, more cautious pace for AI development after internal warnings about risk.
- White House adviser David Sacks and President Trump dismissed AI existential risk concerns as regulatory posturing or a hoax.
Source: wired.com — Maxwell Zeff, 2026-09-17
Published there as: “The AI Slowdown Debate Crashed Salesforce’s Party”
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