Zoom, the renowned video-conferencing platform, has introduced AI Companion, an innovative AI assistant. This intelligent tool utilizes large language models to deliver valuable services. Initially, known as Zoom IQ and offered as a free trial to select users, it's now becoming a core feature for paid subscribers, challenging industry pricing norms and offering practical solutions.

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The AI Companion streamlines meetings by discreetly handling questions, creating automated summaries, and assisting with message composition. Zoom's plan includes integrating it across their entire platform, spanning Meetings, Team Chat, Phone, Email, and Whiteboard, with customizable language model choices. Importantly, Zoom ensures user privacy, stating that customer communications won't be used for AI model training.

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