Salesforce boosts London AI scene | Computer Weekly
Summary
Salesforce has unveiled its UK artificial intelligence (AI) centre, located in London’s Blue Fin building, which officially opens on June 18. In April, Microsoft opened an AI hub in London to drive what it describes as “pioneering work to advance state-of-the-art language models”. Zahra Bahrololoumi, CEO, Salesforce UK and Ireland, said: “By locating Salesforce’s first AI centre in London, we are sending a clear message to customers and partners on AI: we are deeply committed to working closely together so that you can reap the rewards of this transformative technology, while ensuring it is a force for good.” Susan Emerson, senior vice-president of product, AI, analytics and data at Salesforce, said the company runs many events that bring together thought leaders, practitioners and Salesforce product leaders to inform and inspire people “to think bigger about the potential of AI technology”. During the company’s London World Tour, Salesforce announced the general availability of Data Cloud Vector Database. According to Salesforce, the new functionality means that Data Cloud can now ingest disparate unstructured content from customer interactions across multiple touchpoints, including websites, social media platforms and commerce channels, at scale.