Tech Desk 
Oct 10, 2024
Zoom introduced new artificial intelligence (AI) features for its app at an annual Zoomtopia event on October 10 (Wednesday).
Zoom unveiled the AI Companion 2.0, the second generation of the AI assistant which can now manage more tasks. It’s available across Zoom Workplace, and it can now access Zoom Mail, Zoom Tasks, and more.
In addition, the video conferencing platform introduced a custom AI avatar, which is claimed to allow users to record a video to generate an AI clone of themselves which can speak in a similar voice.
Zoom AI Companion 2.0
Zoom introduced the new AI assistant for the Zoom Workplace platform, which is said to be relatable to the Gemini assistant in Android handsets or Copilot in AI PCs. The AI Companion is the central hub for most of the AI features integrated.
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Users can utilise this feature to summarise documents, generate text, and more. Moreover, Workplace users can access prompt suggestions in the side panel across all Zoom platforms, and they can expand the context of information by connecting Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, and other similar apps.
Additionally, the assistant can summarise unread messages within a Zoom Team Chat channel and recap email threads in Zoom Mail.
Zoom Custom AI avatar
Meanwhile, Zoom has integrated a new feature announced at the event Custom avatars for Zoom Clips. It allows users to record a video clip, which is then processed by an AI model to generate an avatar.
Moreover, the feature can generate a voice relatable to the user. If a user adds a text script, the AI avatar will be able to speak and lip sync to it.
