Built-in note-taker
AI summary is on in your Lark meeting: who can switch it off, and who gets the notes
Lark Meetings can summarise a meeting as it happens and send everybody an AI Notes document afterwards. Unless the organiser restricts it, any participant can switch it on — or off.
Part of Lark's own app
Read on 10 November 2026
How it got into your call
- Somebody pressed AI summary in the meeting toolbar, or the organiser set the meeting up with Enable AI Companion for meeting summaries ticked in its Smart Meetings settings.
- While it runs, an AI summarizing icon shows in the status bar at the top of the meeting. Closing the summary pane does not stop it.
Turn it off
- During the meeting: turn off AI summary in the bottom toolbar, or hover over the AI summarizing icon at the top and press Turn Off. Unless the organiser chose otherwise, every participant can do this.
- Before the meeting: the organiser opens the event's Video Meeting Settings → Smart Meetings and unticks the AI summary options, or ticks Only the host can enable or disable AI Companion for meeting summaries.
- A company's Lark admin decides who can use AI Notes at all, and it needs paid quota.
Stop it in a call that is running
- Look for the AI summarizing icon at the top. If you would rather not be summarised, turn it off yourself — Lark lets any participant do that by default — and say so.
- Once it is off, Lark makes no AI Notes document for the meeting.
What it keeps
After the meeting every participant gets a message with a link to the AI Notes document, and by default all of them can view and edit it. If the meeting was recorded, the notes are also added to the Minutes file — the recording and transcript — which goes to the organiser to share as they choose.
In Lark's own words
What it does
Lark“During meetings, you can turn on AI summary to obtain a summary of the ongoing meeting generated by AI.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
The document afterwards
Lark“Once the meeting ends, an AI Notes document will be generated automatically, which includes the key points and the to-do list resulting from the meeting.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
Anyone can switch it
Lark“All participants can turn on or off AI summary during the meeting.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
Closing the pane is not enough
Lark“Click the ✕ icon in the upper-right corner of the Summary and subtitles pane to close the pane, which won't stop the AI summary.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
Turning it off
Lark“Once it is turned off, AI will no longer generate meeting summaries, and the AI Notes document won't be generated.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
Lark's own caution
Lark“Use AI Notes with caution for meetings that discuss sensitive information or members' personal information.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
Who gets the link
Lark“By default, all participants will receive a bot message with the link to the AI Notes document after the meeting ends.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
Who can edit it
Lark“By default, all participants can view and edit the AI Notes document.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
Recorded meetings
Lark“Minutes files contain the recording and transcript of the meeting.”
larksuite.com/hc/en-US/articles/999812252559
Read on 10 November 2026 from Lark's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.
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