Slack is bringing all its AI tools to more customers than ever — but it won't come cheap

Slack AI search capabilities
(Image credit: Slack)

Keeping abreast of all your latest work updates and conversations could soon get much easier thanks to an AI-powered expansion from Slack.

The online collaboration platform has revealed its Slack AI service will now be available to all paying customers, giving businesses everywhere access to time-saving and efficiency-boosting tools.

The company is also launching a new recap feature that is able to provide a daily morning digest of summaries for channels it thinks are important to the user.

Slack AI expansion

First unveiled in September 2023, the company says Slack AI is already saving users huge amounts of time every week by finding answers and sharing knowledge.

On offer in English, Spanish, and Japanese, with additional language support coming soon, the platform is available now as a paid add-on for all premium Slack plans, costing $10 per user per month across the Slack Pro and Business+ tiers.

Slack AI daily recap feature

(Image credit: Slack)

The company says its new recap feature will particularly help users who can't always find time for all the channels they're interested in. After adding a channel to their recap, users will receive a daily digest with anything they may have missed, with Slack AI also offering personalized channel recommendations based on their past Slack activity.

Slack AI will also now include smarter search answers that the company says will provide "personalized, intelligent responses to conversational questions", giving users answers in clear and concise language, directly referring to relevant Slack messages. 

There will also be better conversation summaries which can provide highlights from channels and threads, letting users quickly catch up on anything they may have missed, access daily summaries, and see the sources of specific entries or notes.

Going forward, the company says it is working on boosting Slack AI's search and summarization capabilities by accessing a range of data sources – including files, Slack apps, canvases, and clips – in order to give Slack AI a broader and deeper field of context.

More from TechRadar Pro

Mike Moore
Deputy Editor, TechRadar Pro

Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK's leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he's not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.

Read more
Zoom Team Chat with AI Companion integration
Zoom wants to make your Team Chats even smarter - using AI, of course
Microsoft Copilot on a laptop.
New Microsoft 365 AI offering means all your workers can use Copilot for free
Artificial intelligence India
Zoom launches AI Companion 2.0 with a major agent focus
ChatGPT Tasks on an iPhone 16 Pro Max
I’ve been waiting years for ChatGPT’s new Tasks feature – here’s how I’m planning to use it to organize my life
Zoom
Zoom wants you to drop Microsoft Office and Google Workspace for its new AI software tools
Google Meet create custom backgrounds
More AI features are coming to Google Workspace
Latest in Pro
cybersecurity
What's the right type of web hosting for me?
Security padlock and circuit board to protect data
Trust in digital services around the world sees a massive drop as security worries continue
Hacker silhouette working on a laptop with North Korean flag on the background
North Korea unveils new military unit targeting AI attacks
An image of network security icons for a network encircling a digital blue earth.
US government warns agencies to make sure their backups are safe from NAKIVO security issue
Laptop computer displaying logo of WordPress, a free and open-source content management system (CMS)
This top WordPress plugin could be hiding a worrying security flaw, so be on your guard
construction
Building in the digital age: why construction’s future depends on scaling jobsite intelligence
Latest in News
Quordle on a smartphone held in a hand
Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, March 23 (game #1154)
NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background
NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, March 23 (game #385)
NYT Connections homescreen on a phone, on a purple background
NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, March 23 (game #651)
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold main display opened
Apple is rumored to be prioritizing battery life on the foldable iPhone – which could also feature a liquid metal hinge for added durability
Google Pixel 9
The Google Pixel 10 just showed up in Android code – and may come with a useful speed boost
L-mount alliance
Sirui joins L-Mount Alliance to deliver its superb budget lenses for Leica, DJI, Sigma and Panasonic cameras