Aren't a lot of y'all in California? Because wearing a wire is generally illegal there... https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...
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#42I wonder if this is even legal in many places. Doesn't California require consent to be recorded? This seems like an edge case
It's called "implied consent" As long as you show people you are recording - it's legal The necklace has a visible light when listening
Because people always know a light on any kind of jewelry means it's recording and people always look for such lights.
Got it.
Re: Show HN: Omi – Open-source AI wearable for capturing conversations
#43The agencies will love that additional data source.
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#44Aren't a lot of y'all in California? Because wearing a wire is generally illegal there... https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...
What a strange law. It seems to me that it should always be legal to secretly record conversations.
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#46I'm confused - the title says "like Friend" but this appears to be a rebrand of the existing Friend pendant?
I think they mean "Friend-like" pendant. This appears to be an open source implementation of the Friend pendant.
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#47I'm confused - the title says "like Friend" but this appears to be a rebrand of the existing Friend pendant?
I agree the title was a bit confusing. There were actually two separate AI pendant products, both named Friend.
My understanding is that this is one of them, and they changed the name shortly after the other was released.
Edit: ah seems the title has been updated
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#48The intentions seem genuine, and the ideas are good for what you would want people to use it for, but what about people like me?
Recording data on and around you especially without their consent is not something I'm okay with. I'm against Windows adding in their 'Recall' feature highly, I don't want somebody's computer taking screenshots and transcribing my encrypted chats on all of their computer usage, I sure as hell don't want to be around somebody who's too lazy to take notes or be present in the moment with their friends to solidify memories within themselves that they can just go back on and get transcripts of who and what was said as they traversed the day.
So again, what about people like me?
Sorry, but this is spyware in every sense of the definition. There's no argument against that there.
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I'm just taking a video, Goober.
Re: Show HN: Omi – Open-source AI wearable for capturing conversations
#50> Open-Source: Fully open-source, empowering you to customize and enhance your experience. Fully open source? So the AI models used are all free software with everything available? > Live Transcription: Capture live voice and audio with human-level accuracy using OpenAI Whisper and Deepgram. > Efficient Summarization: Get instant insights and summaries powered by ChatGPT in just 5 seconds. Nope.
OpenAI Whisper is open source. I'm not sure about Deepgram. And I don't see a reason you wouldn't be able to implement a self-hosted llama backend for the summaries.