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PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default

Your AI meeting notes aren't as private as you think. Granola's 'private by default' claim has a major catch.

Reporting by The Verge AI 1 min brief
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This highlights critical privacy gaps in AI workplace tools that leaders need to audit in their organizations. Default settings that expose sensitive business conversations could create compliance and competitive intelligence risks.

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3 to know

  1. Notes are viewable to anyone with a link by default

  2. User data used for internal AI training unless opted out

  3. Claims to be 'private by default' despite public link sharing

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Publisher excerpt: If you use the AI-powered note-taking app Granola, you might want to double-check your privacy settings. Though Granola says your notes are "private by default," it makes them viewable to anyone with a link, and also uses them for internal AI training unless you opt out. Granola describes itself as…
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