Slack announces new AI and search capabilities

Slack has released new AI and search capabilities that deeply integrate AI across everything that makes up the Slack experience.

Built to harness institutional knowledge and conversational data that teams create daily, the new capabilities will also increase the user experience by cutting down the need to dig through threads, jump between apps, or rewrite content from scratch.

New features:

  • AI writing assistance in canvas built directly into Slack canvas that allows users to draft project briefs, generate action items, refine content, and more with natural language prompts. 
  • AI message explanations by hovering over any message to get instant, in-context explanations of unfamiliar concepts, terminology, or technical details. 
  • AI action items enable users to stay on top of highest-priority tasks. AI will identify what’s most important and only notify users when it provides a meaningful update or adds more value than current activity.
  • AI profile summaries give users quick context on another user’s role and recent contributions. This means teams can align faster and minimise unnecessary back-and-forth communication.

Slack is also announcing the general availability of:

  • Translations to let teammates read and contribute in their preferred language. When users come across a message in a different language, they’ll see a button they can use to translate that message into any language they’d like.
  • Enterprise search, which surfaces information across connected apps, data, and conversations from a single search bar. Teams can connect to systems like Salesforce, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, Confluence, Box, and more, essentially making the Slack search bar the unified interface for all of the team’s structured and unstructured data.

More details can be found here: AI That Actually Works for You | Slack

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