As platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet have cemented themselves as the backbone of modern collaboration, a quiet revolution has unfolded in our meeting rooms, one where digital notetakers often outnumber the people actually present. Tools like fireflies.ai and Otter.ai promise the magic of effortless, automated meeting transcription. But as reliance on these

On August 15, 2025, notetaker app Otter.ai, Inc. was named a defendant in litigation alleging that its artificial intelligence-powered meeting assistant called Otter Notetaker, which “engages in real-time transcription of Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams meetings for Otter accountholders and other users…records, accesses and records the contents of private conversations between Otter accountholders who