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This will mark the incoming message as read from the notification panel itself, eliminating the need to open the app manually.

CEO fires 99 employees on Slack for not attending meeting: 'Get the f*** out of my business'

The CEO claimed that the absence of employees reflected a lack of seriousness about the opportunities provided by the company. Out of 110 people, 11 were present for the meeting.

Publicly praising employees' success online boosts performance in office: Study

It also showed that the positive reinforcement worked only when employers and recruiters were praising the workers' efforts, not their abilities. It’s the 'If they can do it, so can I!” mindset in action,' the study stated.

Slack co-founder's teen daughter missing, cops suspect she may be in high-crime area

Stewart Butterfield, a co-founder of messaging platform Slack, and Caterina Fake, known for her role in creating Flickr, reported their daughter missing on Monday.

Slack's generative AI features now available to all paid customers

Slack AI will be available to businesses of all sizes as a paid add-on with support for English, Spanish and Japanese languages.

Hybrid work setups will require a new set of tools for employees: Slack co-founder Cal Henderson

The pandemic accelerated changes that were already happening in the workplace and took us forward five or 10 years in terms of workplace habits, said Slack co-founder Cal Henderson

India is a 'big opportunity market' for Slack: Co-founder Cal Henderson

Slack has been doubling down on its India presence over the past year in a bid to capitalise on the rising adoption of hybrid work models

Zoho ramps up communication platform 'Cliq' to take on Slack and Zoom

Zoho has said that it is seeing 30 percent increase in user migration from Slack and Zooms to Zoho Cliq. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in July 2021.

Salesforce launches AI assistant across its apps including Slack and Tableau

The assistant, called Einstein Copilot, can summarize video calls, deliver personalized answers to customer questions and generate emails for marketing campaigns, among others, the company said ahead of its Dreamforce conference this week.

Salesforce to test Slack AI this winter, won't use customer data to train model

Salesforce says that Slack AI is, "built on Slack’s trusted foundation, offering the same security and compliance".

43% employees in India spend the most time looking busy at work: Slack report

Among the nine countries evaluated for this study, India ranked first at 43 percent, followed by Japan and Singapore by 37 percent and 36 percent.

Slack's new redesign brings in unified view, dedicated DM tab and more

Slack's redesigned interface aims to help people become more productive and give quicker access to a growing set of tools in its application

Microsoft to face EU antitrust probe over 2020 Slack complaint: Report

Slack, a popular workplace collaboration app, is accusing Microsoft of illegally abusing its market power by tying its competing collaboration app, Teams, to a popular enterprise suite.

PSA: Your boss could be reading your Slack messages. Here’s how to check

A viral Instagram video reveals how employers can snoop on their employees by reading their Slack messages.

AI News roundup: Microsoft tests privacy focused version of ChatGPT, Slack's generative AI push and more

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Slack's generative AI push: Message summaries, writing assistance and more

SlackGPT's launch comes amid a heightened buzz around the latest wave of AI advances that has gripped technology giants and startups across the world.

AI News roundup: Chinese students lean on ChatGPT, Google building USM to compete with Microsoft and more

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Salesforce and OpenAI partner to bring ChatGPT to Slack

The app has been built by OpenAI using the Slack platform, which will also see more generative AI integrations, Slack Chief Product Officer Noah Desai Weiss has said

Salesforce to add ChatGPT to Slack as part of OpenAI partnership

The move reflects a race among technology companies to outfit their tools with generative AI, which can create new text, imagery and other content based on inputs from past data.

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield to depart next month

Lidiane Jones, who is the senior vice-president of product management for Salesforce Commerce Cloud, will take over as CEO of Slack, a company spokesperson said.

Twitter employees fired for criticising Elon Musk on Slack

Twitter has reportedly fired “dozens” of employees who criticised Elon Musk on an internal Slack channel.

In India, this sector has the highest rate of quiet quitters: Slack report

A Slack study on Indian knowledge workers has found that defence and government had the highest number of quiet quitters.

Chat platform Slack to hike prices for Pro subscription users

The pricing change will go into effect as of September 1, the company said in a blog, and will affect only users on Slack's Pro subscription.

Slack looks to drive product adoption in India with expanded presence

India is one of the largest free user bases for Slack and also among its top 10 markets for paid teams across the world

Work From Home: These companies have shifted to permanent WFH

While the benefits of WFH are debatable & subjective to each profession, a lot of companies in the last two years have realised a few perks & advantages of it. Here's a list of 7 companies that have switched to permanent work from home.