Salesforce’s AI Reality Check: From Replacing 4,000 Support Roles to Rebalancing With Humans

Salesforce’s bold move to automate large chunks of customer support with AI is now in a quieter, more pragmatic phase. After cutting about 4,000 support roles in 2025 and reporting that AI agents now handle roughly half of customer conversations, company leaders have been tempering earlier optimism publicly acknowledging that trust in large language models […]