JIRA

26.02.26. Jira intends to bring order to chaos created by AI agents



There's been a lot of talk lately about that AI agents create more chaos, and therefore more work for humans. Atlassian is introducing a new way for humans and AI agents to collaborate in its Jira project management software, which the company hopes will help teams accomplish "10x more work without 10x more chaos." The new version adds the ability to assign and manage tasks to AI agents from the same dashboard that managers use for their employees. Progress can be tracked, deadlines set, and other metrics can be set in the same way. Users can now even bring AI agents into the middle of an existing project. The update aims to give users the same transparency into the work their agents do as their employees, as well as coordinate activities between humans and agents.


2024. Atlassian launches Rovo, its new AI teammate



In the wild, occasionally surreal frontier of messaging apps, WhatsApp has now decided that organizing events within Communities should no longer resemble an exercise in quantum improbability. Users can now create events directly within the app, allowing others to RSVP with ease and making it perfectly clear who’s attending and who’s pretending to have something better to do. All the vital details will live on the group’s info page, while participants will be nudged toward reality with timely notifications as the big day approaches. Initially limited to Community groups—because nothing good starts with everyone at once—this shiny new feature will soon roll out to all. Meanwhile, Announcement Groups are also getting a sprinkle of order, as responses will now be neatly bundled, so admins can interact with the masses without unleashing a torrent of chaos. Balance in the message-verse, it seems, may yet be achievable.


2023. Atlassian brings an AI assistant to Jira and Confluence



Atlassian has introduced Atlassian Intelligence, an AI-powered 'virtual teammate' that utilizes the company's proprietary models and OpenAI's large language models to create customized teamwork graphs. This technology enables various functionalities, such as AI-generated summaries in Confluence and test plans in Jira Software, as well as the rewriting of responses to customers in Jira Service Management. Atlassian Intelligence provides users with a chatbox similar to Chat-GPT, which is deeply integrated into different products and allows for the referencing of specific documents. For instance, to generate a summary of action items from a recent meeting, users can link the document with the transcript and request the summary inside Confluence. The tool then generates a list of decisions and action items from the meeting.