The new Claude App for Slack is now available in beta, allowing companies to utilize the AI-powered assistant to summarize threads, answer questions, and more. The app was developed using Anthropic's research on helpful, honest, and harmless AI systems, with techniques like Constitutional AI. Claude can take on various roles, such as a virtual teammate, and can remember and summarize entire Slack threads, answer questions about website content, and iterate on tasks. Users can interact with Claude through channels and group DMs or 1-to-1 direct messages, and it will respond in a thread that anyone in the channel or group DM can see. The app is designed to be a force multiplier for human productivity and communication, providing instant access to AI-generated insights within Slack. While Claude has limitations, such as incorrect assessments of its own ability and potential hallucinations, Anthropic is committed to deploying the technology responsibly and improving its capabilities.