11/18/2024

The Guide to Managing AI Notetaking Bots in Your Meetings

Understanding what AI notetaking bots can do

By now you have probably all seen the mysterious participants with names such as "Beth AI Notetaker" show up in online meetings. They are AI notetaking bots, and they are solving problems just as quickly as they are creating them.

The joy of AI notetaking bots

I've used Otter.ai to take notes for years, and frankly, I would loathe to give it up now. Whenever I meet with a client, I ask if I can record the call so we both have all the notes. Then my little Otter bot sits quietly in the corner, transcribing every word, recording every sound and summarizing every task, detail and decision.

When ChatGPT came out two years ago (happy birthday, OpenAI!), Otter incorporated the ability to ask questions about the meeting so you can find the one detail from the two-hour drone-a-thon that pertains to you. Otter was one of the first AI notetakers, and these days you have several more to choose from. And the online meeting tools themselves such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams are building the functionality into the meetings themselves.

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