Block Launches Buzz: AI-Powered Slack Rival

Block, a company co-founded by Jack Dorsey, has launched a new app called Buzz.

Buzz is a chat platform for workplaces where both people and AI assistants can join group conversations.

It is designed to be open source, meaning anyone can use, modify, and build on the software.

Buzz uses a decentralized protocol called Nostr, which allows each user and AI agent to have a unique identity.

This means AI agents can move between different applications without being locked into one platform.

Buzz offers features like channels, threads, direct messages, voice, media sharing, code repositories, and automated workflows.

It aims to challenge Slack and GitHub by integrating AI agents into workplace communication and collaboration.