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Fireflies.AI Meeting Assistant Allegedly Collected Biometric Voice Data from Illinois Meeting Participant Without Consent
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In brief
An AI system built by Fireflies.Ai and Ai Transcription Technology Developers and deployed by Western Illinois Dreamers, Organizations and 1 other allegedly harmed Privacy, People Recorded Without Consent and 2 others.
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- Not classified
- Occurred
- Coverage
- 4 reports
What happened
On November 18, 2025, Fireflies.AI reportedly recorded and analyzed the voice of Illinois resident Katelin Cruz during a virtual meeting hosted by Western Illinois Dreamers, although Cruz had no Fireflies account and had not provided written consent. Her lawsuit alleges the system used speaker-recognition functions to create and retain biometric voice data and attribute statements to her in the meeting transcript.
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News reports (3)
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Who was involved
- Alleged developer
- Fireflies.Ai, Ai Transcription Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Privacy, People Recorded Without Consent, Katelin Cruz, Biometric Data Subjects
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Source record: incident #1651 on the AI Incident Database · all 4 reports