PhotoSAN FRANCISCO — This is the year artificial intelligence came into its own for mainstream businesses, at least as a marketing feature. On Sunday, Salesforce.com, which sells online software for sales and marketing, announced it would be adding A.I. Salesforce chose this date to pre-empt Oracle, the world’s largest business software company, which on Sunday evening began its annual customer event in San Francisco. These moves, along with similar projects at most major tech companies and consulting firms, represent years of work and billions in investment. first, is a big motivation for some to try things out.

Source: New York Times September 18, 2016 22:18 UTC