alt Hacker NewsPeople have plenty of conversations where if one party intentionally chose to record it, it would be big violation of trust.
This is basically just "always on" recording/transcribing that people have to intentionally remember to turn off, that's a pretty big difference.
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shagie • today at 7:58 PM
It's a 15 second loop of audio history. If you didn't record the bit a minute ago, it's gone.
A short buffer is common with wake word audio processing.
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wang_li • today at 7:56 PM
And a crime in plenty of states. It shouldn't be, but it is.
My hope is it’s off by default and most people choose to keep it that way.
This featuring is undoubtedly to compete with, and crush, all of those stand-alone AI wearables that do the same thing. All those products failed, because people either didn’t find it that useful, or the creep factor was too high.
I could see some scenarios where it might be useful. Being at a conference, for example, and having a summary of everything I heard in the various presentations. But at the same time, it feels like the people being recorded should have knowledge of, and give consent to, the recording.