Slack's New AI Superpowers Are Here
Salesforce just announced a massive AI overhaul for Slack, rolling out 30 new features designed to make your team's communication hub a whole lot smarter. The updates focus on solving common workplace headaches: catching up on chaotic channels, finding buried information, and summarizing long conversations. Imagine logging on and getting an AI-powered daily digest of your most important channels instead of scrolling endlessly. Or asking Slack to summarize a week's worth of project updates in seconds. That's the goal here. The new features will help draft messages, search for answers across your entire Slack history, and automate simple workflows, turning your chat tool into a central nervous system for your business. For small businesses, this is huge. It's about saving time and reducing the mental load of staying in the loop. Instead of another meeting to get everyone on the same page, you can rely on AI to provide the cliff notes, freeing up your team for more important work.
This update helps you reclaim hours lost to catching up on chats and searching for information, making your team more efficient without adding another tool to your stack.
Source: TechCrunch AI
Quick Hits
Reminder: Don't Blindly Trust Your AI Assistant
A recent test by Wired showed ChatGPT confidently inventing fake product recommendations, complete with plausible but incorrect details. It's a sharp reminder that today's AIs are great at sounding authoritative, even when they're wrong. For your business, treat AI like a new intern: it's great for first drafts and brainstorming, but always fact-check critical information before you send it to a client or publish it.
Wired AIAI Recruiting Startup Hacked Via Open-Source Tool
AI recruiting firm Mercor confirmed it was hacked through a vulnerability in a popular open-source tool called LiteLLM. This shows that as we adopt more AI tools, we also adopt their security risks. Before you connect a new AI app to your company's data, do a quick check on its reputation and security practices. Your data is your most valuable asset.
TechCrunch AIRunway Launches $10M Fund for AI Video Creators
AI video company Runway is putting its money where its mouth is, launching a $10 million fund to support startups and creators building with its technology. This signals a major push in the AI-powered creator economy. If your business relies on video for marketing, keep an eye on the new tools and services that will emerge from programs like this. High-quality video production is about to get much more accessible.
TechCrunch AITool of the Day
Notion AI
Your team's wiki, docs, and projects, now with a built-in AI assistant.
Notion AI is integrated directly into the Notion workspace you might already use. It can summarize long documents, brainstorm ideas, draft emails, create tables from messy notes, and translate content, all without leaving your page. It's perfect for turning scattered thoughts into structured plans.
Open a Notion page with your raw meeting notes. Highlight all the text, click the 'Ask AI' button that appears, and select 'Find action items' from the menu. It will instantly generate a clean to-do list for your team.
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Salesforce just announced 30 new AI features for Slack. This isn't a slow trickle; it's a firehose of new capabilities aimed at making your team's primary communication tool smarter and more efficient.
Source: TechCrunch AI
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