### Summary
Olivia Grace, senior director of product management at Slack, discusses the company's approach to innovation, including its focus on user feedback and the use of AI. She also talks about the new redesign of Slack's interface and the opportunities for innovation outside of the core product.
### Facts
- Innovation at Slack is everyone's role, but there is also an innovation team that focuses on finding new areas for expansion.
- Slack prototypes new ideas directly into its product, instead of using paper designs or decks.
- Slack values user feedback and takes an inclusive approach to gather feedback from diverse users.
- The recent addition of new functionality to Workflow Builder makes it easier for users to automate complex processes and create custom workflows.
- Slack is testing a redesign of its interface and is focused on incorporating AI capabilities into its platform.
- Slack sees opportunities for innovation outside its core product through its open and interoperable platform and deeper integrations.
- AI chatbots are considered overhyped, while embracing failure is seen as drastically underhyped.
Slack is introducing AI features, including channel recaps, thread summaries, and search answers, to help users work more efficiently and effectively.
Salesforce founder and CEO, Marc Benioff, announced at the Dreamforce conference that the company is working towards achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for business, with their platform soon to be "autonomous with agents and soon to be AGI."
Eight new technology companies, including Adobe, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir, and Salesforce, have made voluntary commitments on artificial intelligence (AI) to drive safe and secure development while working towards comprehensive regulation, according to a senior Biden administration official. The commitments include outside testing of AI systems, cybersecurity measures, information sharing, research on societal risks, and addressing society's challenges. The White House is partnering with the private sector to harness the benefits of AI while managing the risks.
Artificial intelligence is transforming workplace messaging platform Slack, allowing for the use of generative AI to summarize content, automate tasks, and provide assistance, positioning Slack as a strong competitor against Microsoft Teams.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff argues that the government needs to step up and regulate artificial intelligence before it becomes too powerful, citing the failures in regulating social media companies.
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption could lead to significant economic benefits for businesses, with a potential productivity increase for knowledge workers by tenfold, and early adopters of AI technology could see up to a 122% increase in free cash flow by 2030, according to McKinsey & Company. Two stocks that could benefit from AI adoption are SoundHound AI, a developer of AI technologies for businesses, and SentinelOne, a cybersecurity software provider that uses AI for automated protection.
