#Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

#Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making Slack a hub for AI applications from Salesforce, Adobe, and Anthropic. The company’s CEO sees Slack as more than a place to chat with your coworkers, but do users want that? And…

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#Runway announces an API for its video-generating models

#Runway announces an API for its video-generating models

Runway, one of several AI startups developing video-generating tech, today announced an API to allow devs and organizations to build the company’s generative AI models into third-party platforms, apps and services. Currently in limited access (there’s a waitlist), the Runway API only offers a single model at present — Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster but…

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#Heart disease is the world’s biggest killer — this Cambridge Uni spinout is using AI to find new treatments

#Heart disease is the world’s biggest killer — this Cambridge Uni spinout is using AI to find new treatments

While artificial intelligence (AI) promises to transform all manner of industries, the biggest game-changing breakthroughs in this new era of data-infused machine intelligence arguably lies in the field of drug discovery. By analyzing vast amounts of biological data, AI can help researchers predict how different chemical compounds will interact with specific targets in the body,…

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