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Slack News | Oct 07, 2024

Slack introduced an AI recap feature that helps users catch up on missed work...

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Slack is a productivity platform designed to simplify and enhance the working lives of individuals and teams. It integrates communication, project management, and automation tools to improve collaboration and performance across organizations. As part of Salesforce, it offers deep integration with the Salesforce Customer 360, making it a powerful tool for sales, service, and marketing teams. Slack promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace and is committed to empowering users with no-code automation and seamless knowledge sharing.

Updates as of Oct 07, 2024

  • Slack introduced an AI recap feature that helps users catch up on missed work.
  • On October 7, 2024, Slack added a notification feature from the service 'lalatto' to help users avoid missing deadlines.
  • Notion AI now allows users to access messages from selected public channels in Slack and files in Google Drive as of September 25.
  • Slack CEO Denise Dresser announced that Slack is integrating AI tools like summarization and automation features to enhance productivity and efficiency for its users.
  • Moveworks integrates with Slack to automate HR tasks and streamline Workday workflows, enhancing efficiency and accessibility for employees.
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  • Slack introduced Agentforce, a new innovation, on October 4.
  • Slack launched AI personas to enhance user engagement and adoption by understanding emotions towards AI, as shared by Christina Janzer, SVP of Research & Analytics.
  • Slack introduced Salesforce channels to integrate Salesforce CRM data directly into Slack conversations.
  • Moveworks launched Agentic Automation, which integrates with Slack to simplify employee experience by eliminating the need for multiple platforms.
  • At Dreamforce 2024, Slack launched its AI Assistant, integrating Box AI to allow users to access Box AI directly within Slack.
  • SurePeople launched SureMessage, an AI-powered integration with Slack, to enhance team communication and collaboration by tailoring messages based on psychometric insights.
  • At Dreamforce 2024, Slack announced three new AI updates including Agentforce, third-party AI agents, and new Slack AI features.
  • Slack is hiring for a research operations role based in Chicago or Atlanta, as announced by Lucas Puente, VP of Research at Slack, on October 7, 2024.
  • During Dreamforce 2024, Denise Dresser, CEO of Slack, highlighted how AI is transforming team efficiency through conversation and technology.
  • Ryan Gavin, CMO of Slack, will discuss AI-driven marketing transformation at the Visionaries event on October 21.
  • Slack's engineering team is investigating a reported bug.
  • Slack has stopped supporting certain operating systems and browsers, causing user frustration.
  • Slack has introduced a feature to highlight workflows in channels, enhancing navigation and usability, as shared by Jacob Gross, Head of Community.
  • Slack CEO Denise Dresser discussed AI productivity use cases at EmTech MIT 2024, focusing on capabilities like searching and summarization to address common issues faced by knowledge workers.
  • Cisco Vila, VP of Software Engineering at Slack, expressed pride in supporting Slack Fuego as an executive sponsor.
  • Slack is hiring a Vice President of Data Science & Analytics to lead its data strategy and teams, reporting to the COO.

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