Zoom Introduces a New AI Companion Tool

Earlier this month Zoom introduced the Zoom AI Companion 3.0 which the company has promised will be an all in one sort of solution with a Custom AI Companion add-on that will empower users with easy creation and deployment of custom AI agents and tailored AI solutions. 

The goal is to offer lifelike AI avatars for meetings, live translations, the ability to generate clips from presentations, and proactive agentic AI that can help users free up their time, show up prepared, keep meetings on track, and create rich content based on meeting conversations and more.

“Around the world, millions of people are using Zoom to connect with their colleagues and customers, but they could be getting so much more out of those conversations with the help of AI,” said Smita Hashim, chief product officer at Zoom. “AI Companion 3.0 will provide deeper insights from their conversations to help them get more done at work and drive better business outcomes, regardless of whether they’re working in Zoom Workplace, in person, or across compatible apps and integrations.”

Included in the new companies will be features like photorealistic avatars in Zoom Meetings,  Real-time voice translation for Meetings that will allow participants to hear meeting speech in their preferred language, apps in Team Chat to help them more easily manage and discover Zoom Apps, and a personal favorite generative collaborative whiteboards.

Hyundai Plans Major US Based Robotics Investments

The Hyundai Motors groups isn't all about cars! The company has been a major tech investor and has recently made several big moves in the robotics field including their acquisition and partnership with Boston Dynamics. Earlier this year, Hyundai Motor Group announced it will invest $21 billion in the U.S., including a $6 billion investment to drive innovation and expand strategic partnerships with U.S. companies. As part of this new investment, the Group will purchase tens of thousands of Boston Dynamics robots 

Doubling down on that commitment Hyundai late last month announced they will expand that investment to $26 billion in the U.S. from 2025 to 2028. The additional $5 billion will be dedicated to advancing the Group’s strategic initiatives in automotive, steel, and more specially robotics. The major investment will allow the group to build a new state-of-the-art robotics facility with an annual capacity of 30,000 units, serving as a U.S. Robotics Innovation Hub for design, manufacturing, testing, and deployment. This initiative will position Hyundai Motor Group at the forefront of the global robotics ecosystem and a major leader in the US robotics market! 

Through these initiatives, Hyundai Motor Group expects to create around 25,000 new direct jobs in the United States over the next four years. The Group is also accelerating technology commercialization through its U.S.-based tech affiliate Motional for autonomous driving — while expanding collaboration with leading American companies in future technologies, including AI, robotics, autonomous driving.

Read more: 

• Hyundai x Boston Dynamics: Welcome to the future of mobility
• Boston Dynamics & Hyundai Motor Group Expand Collaboration to Drive Mobility Manufacturing & Innovation
• Uniting Humans and Robots - Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics’ Vision For the Future of Work and HR Evolution