Bot into AI work assistant

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☕ Good morning,

The interesting pattern is how AI capabilities are becoming infrastructure rather than destinations. You don't go to "the AI place" anymore - it's just woven into your Slack messages, your design files, your daily workflows.

The technology becomes invisible, which is usually when it becomes most powerful.

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TODAY IN AI
Slackbot is an AI work assistant

Slack is finally giving Slackbot some real brains. It’s no longer just the boring reminder tool that tells you about meetings or deadlines it’s turning into your AI-powered work buddy.

The new Slackbot can actually help you get things done. You can ask it to summarize projects, find messages or files without remembering exact keywords, or even build out a launch plan by pulling info from different channels. It can connect with Google Calendar and Outlook, help you organize your day, and even create campaign ideas in your brand’s tone. Basically, it’s like having a super-organized coworker who never gets tired.

You’ll find the new Slackbot right next to the search bar, click it, type what you need, and it handles the rest. Slack says all this happens safely inside its AWS private cloud, so your data doesn’t get used for training models or leave your company’s walls.

Right now, it’s being tested with 70,000 Salesforce employees, but everyone else will get access by the end of the year.

TECH BARISTA
Figma brings Gemini to design

Figma is teaming up with Google to bring Gemini AI models directly into its design platform, giving its 13 million users faster and smarter creative tools. The partnership adds Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini 2.0, and Imagen 4 to Figma, expanding its existing AI features with Google’s latest models to speed up image editing and generation inside the app.

Figma says early testing of Gemini 2.5 Flash cut image generation time in half, helping designers move faster from idea to execution. The integration lets users create and refine AI-generated visuals using simple prompts, all within Figma’s familiar workspace.

The move comes as major AI players race to embed their technology into widely used apps to capture everyday users. Figma’s integration follows similar AI collaborations announced this week, including OpenAI’s new ChatGPT app ecosystem and Google’s Gemini Enterprise, an AI platform for workplace productivity.

Alongside Figma, Google also unveiled new Gemini partnerships with companies like Klarna, GAP, Macquarie Bank, Mercedes, and Virgin Voyages, as it pushes to make Gemini the go-to AI engine for both creative and enterprise workflows.

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GADGETS BARISTA
Apple shuts down Clips app

Apple has officially shut down Clips, its short-form video editing app that once tried to bring iMovie energy to the social media generation. Launched in 2017, Clips let users stitch together videos with music, filters, captions, and later, even AR effects. Basically, Apple’s answer to TikTok before TikTok took off.

But after years of slowing updates, Apple has finally pulled the app from the App Store, confirming it’s “no longer being updated or available for download” as of October 10, 2025. Anyone who already has Clips installed can still use it on iPhone or iPad, but Apple recommends saving all your videos to the Photos app, just in case future iOS updates break it.