Console Raises $6.2M to Automate IT Help Desks with Slack-Based AI Assistant
Startup Console is tackling workplace IT headaches by automating password resets, software access, and support requests—all inside Slack. Backed by Thrive Capital, the AI-powered assistant aims to free IT teams from repetitive tasks and expand into HR, finance, and beyond.
#AIStartup #ITAutomation #SlackIntegration #TechFunding #WorkplaceAI #ConsoleAI #ThriveCapital #ProductivityTech
⚠️ AI agents flunk the workplace test: Carnegie Mellon study reveals major gaps 🤖📉
Researchers built a simulated company — then handed it to AI agents.
The results? Brutal:
📉 Top agent completed fewer than 25% of assigned tasks
💬 Basic collaboration between agents broke down
🚫 Major operational failures at nearly every stage
The dream of a fully AI-run company isn’t just distant — it’s fundamentally unrealistic for now.
Human skills like coordination, judgment, and nuance still dominate.
#AI #WorkplaceAI #Automation #FutureOfWork #Leadership
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-agents-study-company-run-by-ai-disaster-replace-jobs-2025-4
Study suggests workplace AI revolution is not yet underway. #WorkplaceAI
Hashtags: #chatGPT #AIatWork #FutureOfWork Summery: A new survey suggests that despite the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to transform the world of work, companies are not moving quickly to adopt these technologies. The survey, conducted in the UK, found that only around a third of businesses have invested in AI and machine-learning technologies. The researchers…
https://webappia.com/study-suggests-workplace-ai-revolution-is-not-yet-underway-workplaceai/
A harbinger of things to come.
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The former cabinet minister David Davis, who has a long history of defending civil liberties, said: “The conventional regulatory approach will fail – because it will be civil servants thinking they know what’s going on, when they don’t.”
Calls for stricter #UK oversight of #WorkplaceAI amid fears for staff rights | #LaborRights #AIAtWork #AI | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/apr/16/calls-stricter-oversight-workplace-ai-fears-staff-rights?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1681646434
