... problem, in that case I will have to cancel and leave the meeting. But that s not even the interesting part. What s interesting is why I said no. More and more people are joining calls with AI note-takers, silent recorders, or meeting assistants , often without explicitly stating it. Even if you don t accept the bot, it doesn t really matter anymore. If someone wants to record, they will... one way or another. And that creates a weird ... ... recorder running - are you capturing audio, video, or both?" Most people ask properly after that. The issue isn't the recording itself (I consent to audio + notes), it's the assumption that consent isn't needed. AI note-takers

... tested so many AI Note takers as of late. @Fathom , @Fireflies.ai , BuildBetter, @Grain , and even Google's Transcribing feature. They're all pretty good but lately @Granola has been winning me over. BuildBetter is really good for teams, has a nice chat function that lets you chat across all your meetings and get good insight from your team members, calls, clients, etc. But for personal, and individual notes - Granola is a champion. Recently I've been using Granola ... ... better from one app to another, but the rising tide of AI progress will lift all ships here. Other than that, all the cool features I've seen introduces can be pretty easily copied by all well-funded competitors

... compulsive note-taker - first started taking notes in @Evernote circa 2011, and switched to @Bear around 2016 when Evernote got too slow (time-to-note and time-to-retrieve got so slow that I found myself taking 5x fewer notes... it felt like my augmented brain was getting dumber). Since then I've used Bear, and while it's generally nice to use and fast, I've got two main gripes: 1) It's too slow to take notes ...