# How we launched AI within Slack in 6 months

DevFeed: [How we launched AI within Slack in 6 months](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-launched-ai-within-slack-in-6-months-9140.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://slack.design/articles/how-we-launched-ai-within-slack-in-6-months/>)

Author: lcarmen2

Published: 2024-04-18T16:02:48Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Slack Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/slack-design.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>), [AI search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-search.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-search.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [recap](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recap.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>)

## AI overview

Slack's design team describes how it launched AI features within Slack over six months. The initial launch included AI-powered search and channel and thread summaries, followed by Recap to help users reduce noise and focus on important conversations. The team used research and feedback from internal and pilot users to guide feature selection, trust-building, and integration into existing workflows.

## Source excerpt

Let's face it: AI technology, especially in the workplace context, is a sensitive topic. On the Slack design team, we know that no matter how large a deadline looms, it's important to keep humans at the center of the experience. This sentiment is well-worn in a space crowded with well-meaning tech types, so we got [...] The post How we launched AI within Slack in 6 months appeared first on Slack Design.