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Slack is harnessing AI to make workplace collaboration and communication even smoother.
On Thursday, the workplace productivity software company announced four new AI-powered features built directly into its platform. The bundle is meant to function as a smart digital assistant operating in the background of a team's normal operations, automating routine and time-consuming tasks.
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Accessible now for subscribers to its Pro, Business+, and Enterprise+ plans, the new features streamline access and search within Slack:
Enterprise search allows employees to retrieve information from their company's database by posing questions in natural language, similar to querying an AI chatbot that searches the web. Slack's AI model searches across relevant files like team conversations, company files, PDFs, and images to formulate its response.
Channel recaps and thread summaries provide quick AI-generated outlines of Slack conversations for team members who join mid-thread, saving them time reading.
AI-generated meeting notes following team huddles help outline critical information, including immediate action items, deadlines, and so on.
AI-powered translations in real time let team members collaborating across international borders communicate in Slack threads using their native languages.
Slack's new Enterprise Search AI function aims to make the platform more navigable. Slack
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