Slack security crack: Its AI feature can breach your private conversations, according to report

AI is encroaching into every app, and in some cases that could be a problem.

Take Slack, for example. The workplace instant messenger app has an optional suite of AI features you can pay extra for, but according to the security firm PromptArmor, it's full of potential holes. The feature exists to help create quick summaries of conversations, but per PromptArmor, it does so with access to private DMs, and can be tricked into phishing other users.

The technical nitty-gritty details are all in the PromptArmor blog post...