Always-listening AI gadgets test privacy laws and expose users

Apple, Amazon, Meta and startups have released always-listening AI devices this year, including Meta glasses, Amazon's Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse, and Siri Recap on Apple Watch Series 12. Lawyers say state wiretap laws may be violated even without stored audio, and the legal risk may fall on the wearer rather than the manufacturer.

• Amazon launched Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse wearables that record and analyze a user's day
• Apple Watch Series 12 adds Siri Recap and Live Rewind with 15-second transcription
• Apple and Amazon say they don't store audio or send recordings to servers
• Massachusetts and New Hampshire laws may treat speech interpretation as interception