Asana acquires no-code AI startup StackAI for $75 million, bringing on its founders and technology to supercharge its push toward becoming a fully AI-native workplace platform capable of automating complex business processes end-to-end.
AI adoption is surging with 88% of organizations jumping in, but only 31% successfully scale it — and Slack is positioning itself as the solution by bridging the critical context gap that forces workers to constantly switch tools and manually feed AI the information it needs to deliver real value.
Tech CEOs are being accused of 'AI psychosis' as mass layoffs surge past 115,000 in 2026, with executives citing AI productivity gains that researchers say lack robust evidence, while experts warn AI agents won't reach human-level competence until 2029.
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn reverses a controversial policy that tied employee performance reviews to AI usage, acknowledging that job outcomes matter more than forced AI adoption, as workers push back against being evaluated on tool usage rather than results.
A alarming new study reveals 63% of workers are faking AI skills out of job security fears, while simultaneously sabotaging workplace AI adoption, creating a 'double distortion' crisis experts say stems from a failure in learning culture, not technology.
Gen Z graduates are booing AI-focused commencement speeches in open defiance, as Goldman Sachs reports roughly 16,000 U.S. jobs lost to AI per month, with entry-level workers hit hardest while corporations redirect over $700 billion into AI infrastructure — leaving the class of 2026 uniquely vulnerable, lacking the years of contextual experience that shields older workers from automation.
Human review is emerging as the backbone of AI evaluation, with teams using domain experts to build golden datasets that power increasingly accurate automated scoring systems over time.
Slack releases a new playbook identifying five key AI friction points and a three-layer architecture to break down organizational silos, helping teams connect fragmented AI agents and enable unified business intelligence across their workflows.
A staggering 63% of workers admit to lying about their AI skills, with Gen Z topping the charts at 80%, as automation fears drive a credentials crisis that leaves businesses vulnerable and exposes a dangerous gap between claimed and actual AI competency.
Anthropic launches self-hosted sandboxes and encrypted MCP tunnels for enterprise AI agents, letting companies run Claude-powered agents securely within their own infrastructure while keeping sensitive data off the public internet.