AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse

Salesforce has enhanced Slack's AI capabilities by integrating an upgraded Slackbot powered by Anthropic's Claude model, as announced by Rob Seaman, Slack's chief product officer and interim CEO, during an appearance on Bloomberg Tech.

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2, its latest AI model, which is designed to enhance productivity and has shown mixed results in tests compared to its predecessor, GPT-5.1. This development comes amid increasing competition from Google's Gemini 3, which has rapidly gained a significant user base.

Anthropic has introduced Cowork, a new tool that leverages its AI model Claude to assist non-experts with coding tasks, allowing users to simply communicate their needs and have the AI execute plans and tasks as a colleague would. This initiative aims to make advanced coding capabilities more accessible to everyday users.

Google Research has introduced a new prompting technique that significantly enhances the accuracy of Large Language Models (LLMs) by up to 76% on non-reasoning tasks. This technique involves simply repeating the input query, which has shown consistent performance improvements across models like Gemini, GPT-4o, Claude, and DeepSeek.

Salesforce has launched a completely redesigned version of its Slackbot, transforming it into a fully powered AI agent capable of searching enterprise data, drafting documents, and executing tasks for employees. This new version is available to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, marking a significant shift in how workplace AI can assist users.