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The meeting notetaker that records everyone
The AI notetaker bot that quietly joins your video calls is recording every person on them, and it is getting companies sued. Otter and Fireflies are facing privacy lawsuits right now.
The problem is not the notes. It is consent. In many states, recording a call is illegal unless everyone on it actually agrees, and a line buried in the calendar invite does not count. The host clicking yes does not count. The law often needs every single person to say yes. So if you scheduled the meeting, your company gets named, not just the app.
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