Zoom launches AI tool and campaign to help workers reclaim lunch breaks and reduce meeting overload.

Zoom Communications introduced Zoom AI Companion 3.0 alongside the "Take Back Lunch" campaign to help workers reclaim lost lunch breaks caused by heavy workloads and back-to-back meetings. A study by Morning Consult revealed that 60% of U.S. knowledge workers shorten their lunch or skip it due to meetings, with 72% preferring to skip lunch rather than eat on camera. Zoom's AI Companion automates meeting tasks like note-taking and task management, saving workers time and improving productivity. To promote this, Zoom opened the Hard Stop Burger Shop pop-up in NYC and aims to encourage workers to protect their lunch breaks, highlighting how AI can restore work-life balance.