Zoom’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Companion feature is now available on TCC's Zoom accounts. AI Companion functionality can be activated by meeting hosts. It will not be automatically turned on unless the host chooses to turn it on. Some basic information and links about the AI Companion are included below.
Some of the new features include the ability to:
- Process recordings with highlights and chapters;
- Summarize a chat thread;
- Provide meeting summaries without the need to record the meeting;
- Answer questions about a meeting in progress;
- Provide a way to get caught up if you missed part of the meeting.
To utilize this functionality, the Zoom AI Companion:
- It must be activated by each meeting host in their Zoom account (see directions below);
- It needs to be turned on by the host for each meeting;
- It will notify meeting attendees whenever the AI companion is enabled.
How to Activate Zoom AI Companion:
These features are off by default, and can be activated with the following steps:
- Launch the Zoom Portal at zoom.us
- Choose “Settings” from the left hand navigation
- Select the “AI Companion” tab
- Choose the features you would like to enable
Student Data and Privacy Concerns:
With respect to your privacy and data security, Zoom has shared that the AI companion does not use any of your audio, video, chat, screen-sharing, attachments, or other communications like customer content (such as poll results, whiteboard, and reactions) to train Zoom’s or third-party artificial intelligence models.
While we are confident in the assurances provided, we would like to remind employees and instructors to be cognizant of what data is shared while the AI Companion is in use. If you are helping students via Zoom and personal information such as life circumstances, class schedules, and other identifying information may be shared or discussed, do not turn on the AI Companion. The AI companion can expose that information to others who join that same Zoom room (note that if you shut down the Zoom room and restart it, then there is no risk).
Resources:
For more information about Zoom’s AI Companion, see Zoom’s Full Support Site for AI Companion.
It is important for you to check AI-generated content for accuracy and to follow Zoom’s Acceptable Use Guidelines when editing or directing generated content.
As AI tools become more prevalent, it is important to remember that personally identifiable or confidential college data should never be used in AI or any non-college approved tool. If you have questions about any software that you might like to utilize that was not provided to you by the college, please contact the helpdesk to start a discussion with us.