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19 stories taggedworkplace AI.

Microsoft's AI meeting assistant keeps missing its own launch date
Teams Facilitator, the AI that jumps into video calls to answer unresolved questions, has slipped from June to December. Here is what the delay means for the millions of people who use Microsoft Teams at work.

How smart companies are keeping workers on side as AI reshapes their jobs
More than half of Americans fear AI will cost someone in their home a job. A handful of companies are trying a different approach, and it starts with telling the truth.

OpenAI Wants AI Agents to Run Your Workday. Can It Convince Anyone Beyond Coders?
ChatGPT Work lets software act on your behalf across your inbox, Slack, and spreadsheets. The catch: only a tiny fraction of users have tried anything like it.

Slack Code puts AI coding agents into your team's group chat
Slack's new feature gives AI coding tools their own project channels, so colleagues can watch, redirect, and approve what the software is doing before it ships anything.

Slack Adds Dedicated AI Coding Channels So Teams Can Build Software Together
Slack Code lets you tag an AI coding assistant directly inside a channel, watch it write and revise code in real time, and approve the finished work before anything goes live.

Calendly Launches a Meeting Note-Taker to Compete in a Crowded Market
The scheduling app wants to do more than book your meetings. Now it will record them, summarise them, and help with the work that comes after.

xAI Launches Grok Bot: AI Agents That Log Into Your Apps and Do Your Work
Elon Musk's AI company is rolling out always-on software agents that can handle workplace tasks inside the tools you already use, from sales outreach to bug fixes, without you having to watch over them.

You Can Build an AI Agent at Work This Week. Here's How.
No code required. Microsoft's Copilot lets anyone create a software assistant that monitors inboxes, writes reports and routes messages, automatically.

Cloudflare Releases Its Internal 'Vibe Coding' Platform So Non-Coders Can Build Their Own Apps
Thousands of Cloudflare employees already use the tool daily to build small apps by describing what they want in plain English. Now anyone can try it.

Wispr Flow Launches an AI Notetaker, but Its CEO Says You Must Tell People First
The voice-dictation app adds meeting transcription that runs quietly on your Mac. The catch: secretly recording colleagues could break the law, and your relationships.

Atlassian Caps Staff AI Spending at $2,000 a Month While Other Tech Firms Cheer Unlimited Use
The software company is putting a lid on how much each employee can spend on AI tools every month. Elsewhere in tech, some firms have gone the opposite way, turning AI usage into a competitive sport.

Why AI Makes Individual Workers Faster But Leaves Whole Companies Behind
A researcher who studies how teams work says most organisations are fixing the wrong problem. Getting each person to use AI better does almost nothing if the team itself still works the old way.

Tech Workers Are Turning to Unions, and AI Is the Reason
From Google DeepMind to Meta, software engineers who once had every perk imaginable are now seeking collective bargaining rights. The trigger? AI is changing their jobs faster than their contracts can keep up.

AI hiring tools are more likely to stereotype job applicants than humans are, new research finds
A Princeton and University of Chicago study put ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini through a simulated hiring game. The models quickly sorted fictional ethnic groups into job categories and did it far more aggressively than human test subjects did.

AI is cutting jobs. Here are the human skills that still matter
A public sector worker facing his second restructure in two years puts a face on a fear millions share. Experts say three skills can keep you ahead.