Dreamforce back in S.F. expecting biggest crowd in years for ‘largest AI conference in the world’

Hotel rooms around downtown have spiked to as much as $1,000 per night and a block of Howard Street is cordoned off for last-minute construction on Monday, as workers put the finishing touches on everything from fake waterfalls to concert stages to an expo floor. The event, which runs from Tuesday through Saturday, and is organized by tech giant Salesforce, is about 5,000 people larger than last year with the biggest attendance expected since COVID. Events will fill the convention center and spill over to part of the InterContinental Hotel...