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As a communicator, I got curious.

Whats behind this borderline obsession with Copilot?

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc. speaks during a keynote

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc.

Hint: it’s all about marketing, less about truth or substance.

It can be, as Marc notes, great marketing in the short term to highlight competitors.

Of course, the challenge is that long term success requires actual competition.

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., speaks during a press conference at the 2024 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

We’re still waiting.

And to my friends in the media…how does it feel to be used for marketing?

If you need a quote….you know where to find me.

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc. during a Bloomberg Television interview

It doesn’t work.

It spews data all over our floors, it doesn’t deliver value.

I haven’t found a customer who has transformational work with Copilot.

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Copilot is just the new Microsoft Clippy."

After all, reporters like to tell a story with a protagonist and a villain."

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., speaks during a keynote at the 2024 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

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