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When Danny Simmons finished his first Slack Huddle, the same thing happened to him as did me: He didn’t hang up, the music faded in, and he went hunting for the source. Only he wasn’t looking for a random auto-playing browser tab. He was trying to figure out how a long-ago basement recording session from his old house in Toronto was piping into his ears.Simmons is a lanky sound designer and—I truly didn’t see this coming—a mainly bluegrass musician based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He and Butterfield met back in college,…

“The Mixtral-8x7B Large Language Model (LLM) is a pre-trained generative Sparse Mixture of Experts.” When I saw this come out it seemed pretty interesting and accessible, so I gave it a try. With the proper prompting, it seems good. I am not sure if it’s better than Google Gemma, Meta LLAMA2, or OLLAMA Mistral for my use cases. Today I will show you how to utilize the new Mixtral LLM with Apache NiFi. This will require only a few steps to run Mixtral against your text inputs. This model can be run by the lightweight…

It’s not often you see an established company burn through three CEOs in less than a year. But through circumstances beyond its control, that’s what has happened at Slack, the company Salesforce acquired in 2020 for $28 billion. In November, Slack introduced Denise Dresser as the latest person to occupy the corner office. Dresser acknowledges it wasn’t easy to step into the role under these circumstances, but she is settling in. “You know, like anything, it’s always hard to step into any new company and do it in a…

Salesforce announced the public availability of the Einstein Copilot generative AI assistant just last week, and now the company is rolling out more AI products and developer programs at TrailblazerDX 2024, its developer conference. On March 6, the CRM giant rolled out: Einstein 1 Studio, which can be used to customize the Einstein AI assistant. A Slack Developer Program. Research on how tech leaders and IT workers perceive AI adoption. Einstein 1 Studio lets organizations customize the Einstein Copilot AI…

In the fast-paced world of multitasking and constant communication, the right apps can make all the difference in maximising your daily output. From project management to seamless collaboration, curated to-do lists, and efficient calendars, these applications are designed to elevate your productivity game. Here are the top 5 picks for 2024:1. SlackRevolutionising workplace communication, Slack provides a comprehensive platform for businesses to connect, brainstorm, and collaborate effortlessly. With features encompassing…

Are you someone who wants to get the job done quickly without losing focus? Are you having some productivity problems? How about if we tell you that there is a distraction-free browser where you can get all your tasks done smoothly and efficiently? Unbelievable right? Well, Sidekick Browser is a Chromium-based browser that not only protects you from distractions but also helps to complete your tasks faster. This tool is one of the most recommended productivity tools and it comes with many advanced features. Additionally,…

In recent days, the “right to disconnect” has entered Australia's legislative agenda. It refers to employees' rights to refuse unreasonable after-hours contact from their employer.In a work landscape where employees are constantly available after hours thanks to smartphones and portable devices, and employers are competing in global markets and operating on tight deadlines, concerns about disconnecting from work are valid on both sides. Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants in the workplace are touted as a potential…

OpenAI unveils its text to video generation mode, Sora: ChatGPT maker OpenAI took the internet by storm this week with the launch of its text to video generation tool dubbed Sora. While there are many text to video generation tools in the market, Sora can “create realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions". Announcing the new tool via a blogpost, OpenAI wrote, “Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model. Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly…

Popular work management tool Slack has rolled its much awaited AI update after a lot of planning and testing. The Slack AI now helps users in boosting their productivity in several ways. Interestingly, users can now check summaries of threads…

Catering to millions of users worldwide, Slack is one of the world's most popular tools for communication used by professionals and businesses. The platform has a vast number of features that give it an advantage over other forms of communication. And now, Slack has taken a big stride forward into the new tech that is on everyone's tongues - artificial intelligence. To provide a more efficient yet broader user experience, Slack has introduced a new suite of AI features under Slack AI, and not just that, but importantly,…