IN OTTER NEWS, TRANSCRIPTION APP ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY RECORDING USERS' VOICES

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A federal class-action lawsuit accuses Otter.ai of violating privacy laws by secretly recording and using meeting participants' voices to train its AI without consent, particularly affecting non-account holders who join virtual meetings. The Otter Notetaker bot can automatically join meetings linked to workplace calendars and record all participants, with the lawsuit citing cases where sensitive business discussions were inadvertently captured and shared. With 25 million users and over 1 billion meetings processed, the case could set a precedent for AI transcription services' consent requirements and data usage practices.