Slack’s New AI Update Wants ‘Everyone to Be a Builder.’ Is Your Job Description About to Change?
Slack’s New AI Update Wants ‘Everyone to Be a Builder.’ Is Your Job Description About to Change?
Slack Code lets non-technical employees build software alongside AI agents—raising new questions about efficiency, security, and the future of tech jobs.
BY KAYLA WEBSTER, STAFF EDITOR
Slack launched a new initiative called Slack Code to expand their platform as a place to vibe-code alongside both human and AI coworkers.
In the announcement of Slack Code, the company stated, “AI coding is now a team sport. Code channels bring software development out of private tabs, so teams and agents can write, review, and ship code together.” This update aims to keep users on Slack’s platform during their workflow, and therefore has several major AI models including Anthropic, GitHub, and ChatGPT integrated directly into its........
