Keeping track of what was said in even the shortest of workplace chats and meetings will soon be a lot easier thanks to a new update to Slack.
The online collaboration platform has revealed that its “huddles” – quick-start meetings designed for spontaneous chats and catch-ups – will now be able to use its Slack AI platform to generate notes for users.
Slack AI will use real-time audio alongside messages sent in the meeting to create a transcript, allowing attendees to keep track of exactly what was said and who said it.
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Once the meeting is over, the transcript and notes will be shared on a Slack canvas, including quotes and action items. Notes will be visible to anyone in the channel or direct message that hosted the meeting, meaning even those members who couldn’t attend will be able to keep track of what happened.
Separately, Slack also revealed several other AI-powered updates, including full integration with Agentforce, a major new release from its parent company Salesforce.
Designed to help enable “the third wave of AI,” Agentforce will enable businesses to communicate with their data like never before, connecting unstructured data in a way that gives customers access to new insights and a better experience for everyone.
It’s not just Salesforce AI agents getting in on the action, as the company announced that several third-party AI agents are also coming to Slack, including Adobe, Anthropic, Cohere, and Perplexity.
The move is another step on Slack's road to AI, which has been ramping up in recent months.
The company says customers have summarized more than 600 million messages, saving a total of 1.1 million hours across users, since it introduced Slack AI in September 2023.
“We've gone beyond collaboration: Every day, millions of teams are leveraging purpose-built AI, customer data, automation, and now agents seamlessly integrated into the flow of work,” said Denise Dresser, CEO of Slack.
“It's not just about getting work done, it's about reaching new levels of productivity to drive results and advance the business of every team and department. In today's increasingly complex work environment, true productivity requires a work operating system designed for the future of work, and that's Slack.”
