Zoom has renamed AI Companion. It is now called ZoomMate. We confirmed this on Zoom’s own product page on 8 September 2026: the page is headed “Meet ZoomMate, your AI teammate” and the site navigation carries ZoomMate throughout. It is the same product. Nothing we rate about how Zoom handles your meeting data has changed,…
AI meeting notetakers like Otter are facing major US lawsuits for recording participants without consent and training on the transcripts. What it means for NZ and Australian businesses, and what to check this week.
Google’s new Search Services History setting feeds media from Search, Lens, Translate and voice into AI training by default, retained up to four years. What it means for NZ and Australian businesses, and how to opt out.
Most conversations about AI data leakage start with the obvious culprit: someone on the team pasting a client list or a contract into a free chatbot. That is real. But some of the largest exposures now come from a quieter direction, tools you have already approved, already pay for, and already trust, quietly changing what…