Fresh off AI layoffs, Block now wants to whack Slack with agent-human collab tool

The Register
Jul 22, 2026, 2:57 pm89 pts
After cutting over 4,000 jobs due to AI, fintech biz Block is back with Buzz, a shared workspace where humans and bots can collaborate in ways that are more auditable, sovereign, and secure than what you can do in chat tools such as Slack. Block's human-bot co-op is built upon a turducken of tech jargon: The…

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