Ex-Salesforce AI lead Clara Shih: AI outperforms new grads, so we changed hiring
clarashih · x · 2026-10-08
Clara Shih, former AI lead at Salesforce and Meta, told 60 Minutes that AI was "so much more capable right out of the gate" than many candidates her companies could hire out of school, prompting a change in hiring strategy. Worried about AI's impact on jobs, she founded the nonprofit New Work Foundation to help young people navigate the new economy.
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