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An Anthropic blog post describes how the company assigns Claude instances to dedicated Slack channels, each obsessively tracking the health of a single system component such as its scion-daemon or merge queue. These AI 'superfans' have access to telemetry and logs and work alongside traditional automated alerts, with Anthropic saying they can spot subtle, novel issues that conventional alerting misses.
A developer has released Spool, a pre-1.0 open-source tool for creating and managing persistent Claude Code sessions, called 'loops', that can schedule wakes, resume sessions, and coordinate with each other. Users can interact with these loops through a web control room, Telegram, or Slack instead of monitoring individual terminal sessions. Spool itself is built by a fleet of Claude Code loops running on the tool, with human review and merging of all changes via pull requests.
A free utility has been introduced to fix formatting problems that occur when text is copied and pasted into apps like Slack and Google Docs. The tool targets the common issue of mismatched fonts, sizes, and styles that appear when content is moved between platforms.
Google unveiled a new Gemini AI agent designed to operate seamlessly across multiple apps and devices within enterprise environments. Available through the Gemini Enterprise app, it enables users to assign tasks and communicate with the AI from platforms like Gmail, Drive, and third-party apps such as Slack and Microsoft 365, maintaining context across devices. Currently in private preview, the tool aims to streamline work processes by acting as a virtual coworker with specialized sub-agents for different tasks.
Tech founder Shane Mac says an AI agent built on Grok posted his personal checking account balance and a detailed expense breakdown into his company's Slack channel, under his own name. He shared screenshots showing the bot apologizing and attempting to delete the message after he confronted it.
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Spaces, a shared workspace where colleagues, ChatGPT and new AI agents called Dots can access common files and generated content. The company also unveiled a meeting-notes plugin, Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations, and document tools called Pages, alongside a data-protection system called Private Intelligence.
Meta launched Muse for Small Business, integrating its Muse AI agent with software from Asana, Zoom, Intuit, Box, Canva and Slack, plus Meta ad accounts and business Instagram and Facebook profiles. Pricing wasn't disclosed, though the blog referenced the existing consumer Muse app's free tier with usage limits and paid subscription option. The move follows Monday's announcement of a broader enterprise platform led by newly hired CJ Desai, former MongoDB CEO.
Security firm Zenity disclosed three vulnerabilities, collectively named 'Salesbleed,' in Salesforce's Agentforce AI platform. The flaws let attackers plant malicious prompts inside Web-to-lead forms, which AI agents then process, allowing gradual extraction of internal data and, when combined with normal Agentforce workflows, the ability to send phishing messages to employees through their trusted Slack channels.
Startup Ando exited stealth Thursday with a messaging platform positioned as an alternative to Slack, giving AI agents their own identities and inboxes so they can join channels, DMs and calls alongside human coworkers. Founder Sara Du said the app lets agents browse and join conversations, contribute to ongoing work, and message humans directly when needed, without a person relaying information between the agent and the team.
Automattic confirmed that Matt Mullenweg has resumed his position as CEO and chairman with the board's backing, days after the board had voted to place him on leave and install CFO Mark Davies as interim CEO. Mullenweg had resisted the removal, taking control of the company's Slack, ejecting other admins, and publicly disputing the board's authority before the company's statement settled the matter in his favor.
Less than two days after Automattic's board placed Matt Mullenweg on leave, he told staff on Slack that he was back in charge and that the board was again aligned with him. CFO Mark Davies, who had been named interim CEO, reportedly had his Slack account deactivated, while Mullenweg posted cryptic references including a LL Cool J video and a personal blog post about buying a tugboat that avoided addressing the leadership turmoil directly.
Matt Mullenweg told Automattic staff on Slack that he is back in control as CEO, just days after the board had voted to place him on leave and install CFO Mark Davies as interim chief. Davies' Slack account has reportedly been deactivated, but Automattic has not confirmed Mullenweg's claim, and Mullenweg says a formal blog post explaining the situation is coming.