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Sometimes you may join a meeting late, need to step away for a moment, or you're multitasking and get distracted. With AI Assistant meeting summaries, you can quickly catch up on what you’ve missed, understand the discussion, ask questions without disturbing the meeting, and stay on top of the conversation. You also receive a summary and transcript after the meeting, without having to record.
This feature is only available on the Webex Suite meeting platform. To check if you're on this platform and to read about key changes, and forthcoming features, see more about the Webex Suite meeting platform. If you can't see the AI Assistant meetings summary feature, contact your organization administrator. If the meeting options are set to the default—Only the host and cohosts can start and stop the summary, participants will need to request that the host or cohosts start the summary to use the feature. |
AI Assistant summaries
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First, join your meeting. | ||
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Go to the meeting controls, and click AI Assistant
When the meeting summary starts, you receive an audio and visual notification that AI Assistant is active. | ||
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Click AI Assistant
In the panel, choose from:
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The meeting host or cohosts can click Stop summary in the AI Assistant panel, or click AI Assistant
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AI Assistant settings
Meeting hosts and cohosts can adjust AI Assistant meeting options, to decide who can start or stop meeting summaries, and also decide if summaries and transcripts are saved after the meeting.
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In the meeting, go to the AI Assistant panel, and click AI Assistant settings
In the Meeting options window, under AI Assistant, select from:
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When you've made your selection, click Apply. |
Request AI Assistant meeting summaries
AI Assistant meeting summaries are off by default. Go to the meeting controls and click AI Assistant .
If you can't access the feature, the meeting host may have made permission changes in the meeting options. You'll receive a notification that only the host or cohost can enable AI Assistant.
Participants can then ask the meeting host or cohost to enable the meeting summary. When AI Assistant is enabled, you receive a notification that the meeting summary has started.
Intelligent notifications
When the meeting summary is active, AI Assistant sends notifications asking if you want a summary, when you're late, answer a call, or you return from Stepping away during a meeting.
Meeting attendees
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If you join a meeting late, 12 minutes after the start time, AI Assistant sends a notification asking if you want a summary of the meeting so far.
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When you return to a meeting, after setting your status to Stepped away for at least one minute, AI Assistant asks if you want a summary of what you missed.
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If you answer a call during a meeting, missing more than one minute of the meeting, AI Assistant asks if you want a summary of what you missed.
AI Assistant meeting summary limitations
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AI Assistant meeting summaries are currently supported in English only.
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When AI Assistant is available, Webex Assistant for meetings, which provides highlights and voice commands, becomes unavailable.
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Currently, Ask me anything about the meeting relates to questions about the meeting context only.
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A new summary will only be prompted if there’s sufficient meeting duration to add more information.
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If you select multiple summaries using all the available options in the AI Assistant panel, there may be some summary overlaps, and differences in summary durations.
For more information, see AI Development, Data Privacy, Security, and Safety.