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Salesforce has announced Slack Code and dedicated code channels, a new surface environment designed to turn AI software development into a collaborative, multiplayer activity.  Available across all Slack plans, Slack Code allows cross-functional teams to work directly with leading AI coding agents—including Anthropic’s Claude Code, Cognition’s Devin, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Vercel agents—in a shared, central space rather than isolated browser tabs.  Inside a code channel, the work is organised into dedicated tabs — one for the conversation, one for the agent's plan, one showing line-by-line code diffs, and one with a live preview of the running output — so the team can watch the agent build in real time, not just read about it after the fact. Diffs are the changes made from version to version. By bringing code generation, inline diff reviews, and live previews directly into Slack, teams can take software projects from initial concept to production without jugglin...

As marketing leaders increasingly ask how much autonomy AI should have, and how to move toward systems that improve outcomes, SAS’ approach is clear: AI should amplify human expertise, not replace it.  To aid with this, SAS has announced the expansion of agentic AI capabilities within SAS Customer Intelligence 360 with specialised AI agents designed to work alongside marketers. This new generation of purpose-built AI agents will collaborate with users, operate within defined guardrails and deliver value across audiences, journeys, decisioning and execution while transparency, governance and human oversight are maintained.  According to SAS, responsible AI deployment is essential. SAS is focused on agentic AI that:  - Operates within the principles of trustworthy AI - Maintains human-in-the-loop control - Is embedded directly into real marketing workflows, rather than added as standalone features.   Rather than a single, monolithic AI, SAS has developed a multiag...

Huawei Cloud has launched CodeArts Agent commercially in Singapore, delivering an engineering-grade AI-powered coding solution to local developers and enterprises. By combining code models, integrated development environment (IDE) capabilities, and autonomous development workflows, CodeArts Agent enables developers to tackle complex software engineering tasks with greater efficiency and helps organisations accelerate AI-powered transformation in software development. Source: Huawei. Huawei Cloud CodeArts Agent was launched by Kevin Zhang, Director of Marketing and Solution Sales, Huawei Cloud Singapore at Huawei Cloud AI Boost Day Singapore . Under the theme AI Builder Paradigm , Huawei Cloud shared its perspective on the evolution of AI-assisted software development and demonstrated CodeArts Agent 's core capabilities. "Singapore is at the forefront of global AI adoption and is entering a new phase of large-scale deployment, mainstream adoption and value-driven develop...