O'Reilly Bots - #9 - Jassim Latif from Slack on workplace bots
Plus a new bot from Pete and a review of Google Allo
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Peter Skomoroch
@peteskomoroch · Data Scientist, Ex LinkedIn
I thought two of the more interesting points from our conversation with Jassim were:
- What will Slack look like when bots interact with bots
- The possibility of opening up more real estate in the slack client (right sidebar?)
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@peteskomoroch shared a demo of their new audio-based bot, Rover, around 26:40.
I'm particularly interested in verbal interfaces. Such a hard thing to design for but very exciting time with Apple, Amazon, and Google investing so much into this space.
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Jon Bruner
@jonbruner · AI & Bots Director at O'Reilly Media
Pete and I talk with Jassim Latif, head of partnerships at Slack, about workplace bots and the promise (and challenge) of bots that can participate in group discussions.
Then, we move on to the first public demo of Rover, Pete's new product from his startup SkipFlag.
Finally, we talk about Allo, Google's new messaging application that includes an AI assist… See more
Ivan Kirigin
@ikirigin · CEO, YesGraph
There has been a long history of capturing meeting minutes from an audio stream. Have yall thought about how to capture that? Similar to Slack, but audio in-room
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Peter Skomoroch
@peteskomoroch · Data Scientist, Ex LinkedIn
I thought two of the more interesting points from our conversation with Jassim were:
- What will Slack look like when bots interact with bots
- The possibility of opening up more real estate in the slack client (right sidebar?)