“The New Clippy”: Benioff Uses Salesforce’s Biggest Product Launch in Years to Challenge Microsoft

Salesforce announced AIforce at its Dreamforce conference, presenting the product as a major competitive offering designed to operate across multiple artificial intelligence systems rather than functioning as a single proprietary assistant. The platform is engineered to integrate with various AI providers, including Anthropic’s Claude through an integration called Claudeforce, as well as ChatGPT and Slack. According to Salesforce’s claims, Claudeforce provides zero data retention by