Salesforce aims to save you time by summarizing emails and docs with machine intelligence
We have all seen the studies — some American workers spend upwards of six hours a day handling email. It’s not a great use of time, it destroys productivity and it ultimately costs businesses money. A new paper written by a team Salesforce MetaMind researchers could eventually provide summaries of professional communication. More effective text summarization tools would… Read More Continue reading Salesforce aims to save you time by summarizing emails and docs with machine intelligence
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