We recently published a list of 10 AI News Updates Making Waves on Wall Street. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) stands against the other AI news stocks making waves on Wall Street.
OpenAI has recently said that it has removed accounts of users from China and North Korea, who the company believes were using technology for malicious purposes. These include surveillance and opinion-influence operations, it said.
In the report, the company said that several accounts were using ChatGPT to write sales pitches and debug code for a suspected social media surveillance tool. In particular, they were using the technology to advertise and augment an AI assistant capable of collecting real-time data and reports about anti-China protests in the US, UK, and other Western countries.
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Using AI tools to detect the operations, OpenAI said that authoritarian regimes use these activities and tactics. While the exact number of accounts that have been banned hasn’t been revealed, it said that in one instance, users used ChatGPT to generate news articles in Spanish, denigrating the United States. Mainstream news outlets in Latin America published these under a Chinese company’s byline.
Other instances involved using ChatGPT technology to generate resumes and online profiles for made-up job applicants, to fraudulently get jobs at Western companies. These findings come at a time when China has been seen advancing in AI by using American technology.
“This is a pretty troubling glimpse into the way one non-democratic actor tried to use democratic or US-based AI for non-democratic purposes, according to the materials they were generating themselves,”
– Ben Nimmo, OpenAI’s principal investigator on the company’s intelligence and investigations team.
Nimmo further stated that OpenAI has published such cases to shed light on how “authoritarian regimes may try to leverage US-built AI, democratic AI, against the US and allied countries, as well as their own people.”
In recent months, the company has been warning politicians in the US about the potentially growing economic and national security threats coming from Chinese-built artificial intelligence.
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Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)
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Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) is a cloud-based CRM company that has gained popularity after the launch of its AI-powered platform called Agentforce. On February 24, Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss maintained a “Buy” rating on the stock and set a price target of $405.00. Weiss’ buy rating stems from Salesforce’s attractive valuation and strong positioning in the GenAI market. Even though there are currency fluctuations and management challenges, the analyst is very optimistic about the company’s long-term prospects.
The firm also noted how expectations may be toned down in the short run as Robin Washington, the new CFO, may adopt a prudent approach to guidance. Moreover, the strategic acquisitions of Own Company and Zoomin will likely contribute positively in fiscal year 2026. There has also been significant interest in the company’s AI-powered Agentforce, reflecting on its potential for considerable customer engagement and deal closures in the coming years. Given these reasons, Weiss considers the current valuation as “undemanding” compared to peers.
Overall, CRM ranks 4th on our list of AI news stocks making waves on Wall Street. While we acknowledge the potential of CRM as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CRM but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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