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Salesforce Ramps Up Agentic AI Research with New Foundry Project

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Salesforce has launched the AI Foundry, a new initiative aimed at accelerating agentic AI research and development. The project focuses on: - Bridging foundational research and product innovation through collaboration with strategic customers and academic partners. - Developing AI tools for high-impact enterprise areas, including simulated environments for testing AI agents and enhancing solutions like Agentforce Voice. - Exploring ambient intelligence to provide proactive, context-aware assistance without constant user input.

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In a strategic move to bolster its AI capabilities, Salesforce has introduced the AI Foundry, an initiative designed to fast-track agentic AI research and development. This project aims to bridge the gap between foundational research and product innovation by: - Collaborating closely with strategic customers and academic partners to develop cutting-edge AI tools tailored for enterprise needs. - Focusing on high-impact areas, such as creating simulated environments (like eVerse) to test AI agents in complex scenarios, thereby enhancing the consistency and judgment of solutions like Agentforce Voice. - Experimenting with ambient intelligence, which involves AI operating subtly in the background to offer context-aware and timely assistance without requiring constant user input. Additionally, Salesforce is investing in agent-to-agent interaction protocols, including cross-organizational ecosystems. Innovations like "agent cards" function as digital business cards to verify and describe each agent’s role and legitimacy. The company is also developing legal and ethical frameworks for autonomous agents in partnership with its legal and ethics teams. These efforts underscore Salesforce's commitment to delivering more intelligent, intuitive AI tools seamlessly embedded within enterprise workflows.

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