Google unveils new open-source standard for agentic commerce Google has announced a new open-source standard for agentic commerce called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). Developed in collaboration with a number of commerce companies, including Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target, and Walmart, UCP establishes a common language and primitives for the commerce journey between consumer surfaces, businesses, … continue reading
Salesforce announced that the newly redesigned Slackbot is now generally available, offering users an out-of-the-box AI agent that lives within Slack. “By bringing the full power of the Agentic Enterprise where billions of workplace conversations already happen every week, working with enterprise-grade AI becomes as natural as talking to a coworker,” Salesforce wrote in an … continue reading
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore MCP server now available The AgentCore MCP server offers built-in support for runtime, gateway integration, identity management, and agent memory. It was created to speed up the process of creating components that are compatible with Bedrock AgentCore. “What typically takes significant time and effort, for example learning about Bedrock AgentCore services, integrating … continue reading
Salesforce is announcing several major updates to Slack that will enable customers to leverage their conversation history for AI apps and agents. The company is announcing a real-time search (RTS) API, which surfaces up-to-date discussions, files, and channels to provide agents access with context-aware information. To ensure secure use of information, data remains in Slack … continue reading
Slack’s AI search now works across an organization’s entire knowledge base Slack is introducing a number of new AI-powered tools to make team collaboration easier and more intuitive. “Today, 60% of organizations are using generative AI. But most still fall short of its productivity promise. We’re changing that by putting AI where work already happens — … continue reading
Slack is introducing a number of new AI-powered tools to make team collaboration easier and more intuitive. “Today, 60% of organizations are using generative AI. But most still fall short of its productivity promise. We’re changing that by putting AI where work already happens — in your messages, your docs, your search — all designed … continue reading
Salesforce today announced several updates to Slack’s no-code automation tool, Workflow Builder, that make it easier for users to build automations in Slack. “These new features make the Slack platform even more powerful for every customer, giving both developers and end users the tools they need to easily automate any business process across their work … continue reading
Slack has announced that Slack AI is starting to officially roll out to customers. First announced in September, Slack AI incorporates generative AI capabilities into the communication platform. The initial set of capabilities include personalized responses to search queries, channel recaps for key highlights of the activity within a channel, and thread summaries to enable … continue reading
Salesforce has introduced new features in Slack that incorporate advanced AI, automation, and knowledge-sharing capabilities into its productivity platform. Slack AI is built natively into Slack on its trusted foundation, grounded in a company’s collective knowledge found in Slack, and easy to access in the flow of work. Using AI, channel recaps in Slack provide … continue reading
Slack has launched its next-generation platform with new features and capabilities to make it easier for developers to build and distribute apps on the Slack platform. The platform includes modular architecture grounded in building blocks like functions, triggers, and workflows. They’re remixable, reusable, and hook into everything flowing in and out of Slack. It also … continue reading
Crunchy or soggy? It’s a straightforward question. However, it’s likely that you’ve never invested much conscious thought into the answer before. It’s simply a part of who you are. When you join Slack’s engineering team, the answer matters. The more discerning among us ask clarifying questions. What percent? What kind? Eventually, though, we all find … continue reading
JFrog, the liquid software company responsible for the JFrog DevOps Platform, today announced the availability of a new Slack integration for JFrog Artifactory and JFrog Xray. This new app for Slack allows developers to raise awareness of important software development events easily with an extended team of stakeholders in real-time helping to streamline release cycles … continue reading