PLUS: Is it possible to make smart glasses that aren’t creepy?
Your meeting is probably being transcribed by AI. That’s sort of the expectation these days, even if no one explicitly asks for consent to start a recording. And there’s a new option on the block: Wispr Notetaker. The company is expanding from its popular voice dictation tool into the meeting recorder space, taking on the likes of Otter AI and Granola AI. First launching on Macs, it’ll transcribe meetings and generate AI summaries without joining your meeting as a visible participant. You can ask it anything about the meeting and it’ll pull up relevant information, and there’s a privacy mode that makes it so your dictations aren’t used by Wispr for AI model training.
Speaking of consent, is it possible to make smart glasses that aren’t creepy? That’s a question WIRED writer Boone Ashworth recently explored, now that major tech companies like Samsung and Google are set to enter the market following Meta. Camera-enabled glasses do have their utility, whether it’s to capture hands-free action or aiding with accessibility, but creeps have abused the tech to record people without their consent. Some companies are touting camera-free smart glasses, while other experts are advocating for legislation that would make visible indicator lights a requirement and prohibit people from tampering with them. Don’t expect this conversation to be resolved anytime soon.
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By Reece Rogers
Wispr Flow, a popular dictation tool, has released a live notetaker that transcribes and summarizes meetings. It joins a growing wave of AI notetakers for the workplace.
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By Boone Ashworth
As more big companies invest in glasses that record audio and video and pack AI on board, privacy concerns are only getting louder.
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By Jordan Michelman
Smart locks, automated lighting, a robot litter box, and other modern upgrades that don’t completely destroy the old-house charm.
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Many WIRED readers, myself included, fall into the camp of people who would prefer not to have companies exploit their personal data to train AI models. Search history can feel as personal as a diary, and the last thing I want is for robots to take the contents of my mind and use them as their own. Unfortunately, Big Tech has decided that we should live in a world where more and more of users’ online activity gets repurposed as AI training material. As ubiquitous platforms like Google make changes to how they handle user data, and automatically opt users into AI training, it’s more important than ever to understand how your data is being used—and how you can opt out.—writes Elana Klein
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By Ben Dowsett
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By Brad Bourque
The Arctis Nova Pro Omni splits the difference between its cheaper and more expensive siblings—it might actually be the best of the three.
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By Chris Haslam
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By John Brandon
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By Matthew S. Smith
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