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With Slack AI, you can ask a question in your own words and get a concise answer based on messages and files already in Slack. Slack AI search answers are unique to you – they’ll never contain messages or files that you don’t have access to. To keep your data private, search answer data is never used to train large language models (LLMs).

 

What's included in AI search answers

Slack AI search uses only the data that you already have access to in Slack to generate search answers. Slack AI search answers will reference most types of files uploaded to Slack. Here’s what will be included:

Note: By default, Slack AI will search files, but owners and admins can restrict this if they like.

FAQ

Are searches used to train large language models (LLMs)?

No. Search queries or answers aren’t stored by third-party LLMs. We use a technique called Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) that sends the data necessary for each task to the LLM at inference time only – no training required. Because this data is sent in the context of a single request, the LLM does not retain any of the data.

Why don’t my search results contain files?

Some searches are better answered by message or other data contained in Slack, so not all search answers will contain files.