Zoom “AI Companion” release

Recent changes in Zoom and the AI companion

The AI companion is not on (or listening) by default. The AI Companion behaves similarly to meeting recordings. The meeting host can enable it; when enabled, all attendees are notified that the AI Companion is in use. More information on the Zoom AI Companion functionality can be found here.

Disable Zoom AI Companion functionality

If you would like to disable these account features for all your meetings.

• Log into your Zoom AI Companion settings.

• Use the slider to the right of the page to disable Zoom AI Companion features for each category.

  • Meeting

  • Team Chat

  • Recording

Contact the YLS IT Help Desk law.help@yale.edu for additional help or questions.

Resources on Zoom’s AI Companion and Data Use

“ Zoom does not use any audio, video, chat, screen sharing, attachments or other communications-like content (such as poll results, whiteboard and reactions) to train Zoom’s or third-party AI models.

We evaluate and update our models periodically and those used to support Zoom AI Companion may change from time to time. For features in AI Companion that use third-party AI model providers, we will share relevant data with those third-parties when you use the feature. For example, if you use smart recording to provide AI-generated insights, the meeting transcript and cloud recording will be sent to the relevant model to provide the service. Data may be processed within U.S. based data centers.”