Granola sued over bot-free meeting capture and AI training defaults

The proposed class action says non-users cannot consent or opt out when Granola transcribes calls and uses anonymized data for model improvement.

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Primary source: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Why it matters

Granola built its UX around invisible local capture. The suit asks whether shifting consent to the user is enough when everyone else's speech can feed transcripts and model improvement.

Granola faces a proposed class action alleging that its AI notetaker unlawfully captures meeting participants' conversations without their knowledge and may use their words to improve its models.…

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