Employers want your Slack DMs to be public so AI can learn from them
- The days of privately messaging a coworker on Slack to ask a question, share information or vent about a pesky colleague may be numbered as employers increasingly want AI to learn from workplace chats.
- Companies are encouraging employees to use public Slack channels instead of private messages so AI agents can access updates on products, earnings and strategy, the Wall Street Journal reports.
- The thinking is that AI works better with more up-to-date context, allowing it to analyze information, answer questions, make recommendations, create presentations and write code.
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- The days of privately messaging a coworker on Slack to ask a question, share information or vent about a pesky colleague may be numbered as employers increasingly want AI to learn from workplace chats.
- Companies are encouraging employees to use public Slack channels instead of private messages so AI agents can access updates on products, earnings and strategy, the Wall Street Journal reports.
- The thinking is that AI works better with more up-to-date context, allowing it to analyze information, answer questions, make recommendations, create presentations and write code.
Sources: The Independent