Zoom users -

I experienced this for the first time the other day. This is informational only and does NOT necessarily pose a threat to your meeting.

You may have a registrant to your meeting ask for permission to use an AI bot to take the meeting notes. In this case, the program is Beulr, but I am sure there are other programs that work similarly. Zoom is aware of Beulr and similar programs. Beulr was on Shark Tank. I may try it to see how it works. I want to let others know what to expect if they experience a similar program asking for access to the meeting. 

• The bot cannot access the meeting without a registrant granted admission.
• A notification will appear announcing the now attendee wishes permission to use the program to record notes - something like an AI secretary. 
• You can grant or deny permission.
• If you grant permission (this pertains to Buelr - others may be different,) the attendee can leave the meeting, but the AI bot will remain until the conclusion and send its report to the registrant.
• In my case, there wasn't any indication that the bot existed in the meeting or was there a way to terminate the bot, and when the participant left, was ever there.

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Alan Katsura
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Moderator HLAA Tech Group