At the end of a meeting, everyone seems to understand. A week later, people remember the agreement differently. A useful summary closes that gap by recording decisions and responsibilities alongside the discussion.
OpenAI's 29 September updates describe a Meetings plugin that creates notes and action items. At launch it is a beta feature in the macOS desktop app for Pro and Business users. Source: ChatGPT release notes.
You can try the same method with handwritten notes. A new recording feature isn't a prerequisite for running good meetings.
Separate decisions, proposals and questions
Ask AI to sort the material into three groups. Decisions should state what was agreed. Proposals are options still being considered. Questions cover what remains unanswered.
Then create an action table: task, owner, deadline and source reference. If no owner was named, the cell should say “unassigned”. AI shouldn't invent someone's responsibility to make the table look complete.
“We could run a campaign next month” doesn't mean the marketing lead must launch it on the first day of the month. The summary needs to preserve that uncertainty.
Spend five minutes checking it
The meeting lead reviews decisions, and participants can correct the rows about their responsibilities. Approved actions go into the place where the team tracks work. A separate document won't help if nobody opens it again.
For recording and transcription, agree what is collected, who can see it and how long it is kept. AILithe helps connect notes to the team's actual work, so the next meeting doesn't start by reconstructing the last one.