Salesforce, a famous enterprise software company, is withdrawing from its heavy dependence on large language models (LLMs) after facing reliability issues that the executive didn’t like. The company believes that trust in AI LLMs has declined in the past year, according to The Information.
Parulekar, senior VP of product marketing said, “All of us were more confident about large language models a year ago.” This means the company has shifted away from GenAI towards more “deterministic” automation in its flagship product Agentforce.
In its official statement, the company said, “While LLMs are amazing, they can’t run your business by themselves. Companies need to connect AI to accurate data, business logic, and governance to turn the raw intelligence that LLMs provide into trusted, predictable outcomes.”
Salesforce cut down its staff from 9,000 to 5,000 employees due to AI agent deployment. The company emphasizes that Agentforce can help “eliminate the inherent randomness of large models.”
Failing models, missing surveys
Salesforce experienced various technical issues with LLMs during real-world applications. According to CTO Muralidhar Krishnaprasad, when given more than eight prompts, the LLMs started missing commands. This was a serious flaw for precision-dependent tasks.
Home security company Vivint used Agentforce for handling its customer support for 2.5 million customers and faced reliability issues. Even after giving clear instructions to send s
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