Slack begins rolling out Slack AI…well, probably

Slack will soon begin rolling out what it calls "Slack AI" to its customers, featuring smart search, channel recaps, and summaries -- and a number of caveats, too. Slack has been trying to integrate AI into its conversational interface for about a year now, and some of this sounds pretty familiar. Slack was talking about a "Slack GPT" app last spring, with the eventual rollout of a sales-based AI, Einstein GPT, to leverage parent Salesforce's CRM technology. That's part of the message that Slack is reiterating today. Some of what Slack is talking about makes sense.