Private AI meeting assistant for Mac

Privacy is the first question worth asking about any AI meeting tool. Not just "does it work?" but "what does it do with the conversation?"

LiveCue is a private AI meeting assistant for Mac. It runs on your device, keeps its overlay off screen shares and recordings, and does not join your call as a bot. The call stays between you and the people you invited.

What "private" actually means for a meeting assistant

The word "private" covers several different things when it comes to AI meeting tools, and most tools only address one or two of them. It helps to be specific about which privacy properties you actually care about.

Private from other participants

The most immediate concern: can the people you're meeting with tell you're using an AI tool? A bot that joins the call as a participant is visible to everyone. A screen-share overlay that appears in your recording is visible in playback. A private meeting assistant should be invisible to the room.

Private from the platform or service

A second concern: does the tool upload a full recording of your meeting to a cloud server? Many AI meeting tools work by recording the entire call and sending it to their infrastructure for processing. That means a third-party service holds a recording of your client meeting, your candidate interview, or your board discussion.

Private from your organization's IT policies

In regulated industries and large enterprises, introducing a new tool that touches meeting audio requires sign-off. A tool that runs locally on your Mac as a standard application is a different compliance conversation from a tool that routes your meetings through a vendor's cloud.

The privacy trade-offs with most AI meeting tools

Most AI meeting assistants are built around the notetaker model: the tool joins your call as a bot participant, records the audio and video, and processes it on the vendor's servers to produce a transcript and summary.

That model has real advantages — it works without any setup on your device, and it produces accurate transcripts. But the privacy trade-offs are significant:

• Everyone on the call can see the bot in the participant list.
• The full meeting recording exists on a third-party server.
• You are often bound by the vendor's data retention and usage policies.
• On sensitive calls — legal, HR, M&A, client work — an external recording creates exposure.

For many meetings, these trade-offs are acceptable. For some meetings, they are not.

How LiveCue keeps your meetings private

LiveCue is designed to minimize the privacy surface of a meeting assistant:

No bot on the call

LiveCue does not join your meeting as a participant. It runs as a Mac application on your device. The attendee list looks exactly as it would without LiveCue. No one sees a recording notification appear because a bot joined the room.

Screen-share-safe overlay

LiveCue's cue overlay is excluded from macOS screen capture. If you share your screen or the meeting is recorded, the cues do not appear in the recording or the screen share. They are visible only on your physical display. This is a macOS-level setting, not a software workaround — it works consistently across platforms.

No full-meeting cloud recording

LiveCue processes audio to generate real-time cues and a post-call recap. It does not upload a complete recording of your meeting to a third-party cloud storage service. The meeting conversation stays between you and the other participants.

When a private meeting assistant is especially important

For general team meetings and internal standups, the privacy stakes are lower. A private assistant matters most in situations where an external recording creates real risk:

• Client calls: consultants, agencies, and service providers on billable client work. A client finding out their conversation was stored by a vendor they didn't contract with is a relationship problem.
• Candidate interviews: HR and legal considerations around what gets recorded, who can access it, and how long it's kept.
• Sales calls with sensitive commercial terms: pricing, discounts, competitive intel, and contract terms that you wouldn't want a vendor to hold.
• Healthcare and legal: conversations that carry specific regulatory obligations around recording and data handling.
• Executive and board conversations: strategic discussions where confidentiality is expected.

System audio capture: how the privacy model works

LiveCue captures system audio — the audio playing through your Mac's audio subsystem during a call. It does not use a microphone to record both sides independently. The processing generates cues and a recap; the audio itself is not retained as a full recording file.

Because it reads system audio, it works with every meeting platform on Mac without platform-specific integrations: Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Discord, and any other app that routes audio through macOS.

Use it responsibly

Privacy cuts both ways. LiveCue protects your information and the conversation from unnecessary exposure, but you are still a participant in a meeting with other people. You remain responsible for following applicable recording consent laws in your jurisdiction, your employer's policies on AI tools, and any rules specific to your industry or the meeting context. A private AI assistant is a tool for being better in meetings, not a way to bypass rules that exist for the protection of others.

Related LiveCue guides

• Bot-free AI meeting assistant
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• Real-time AI meeting assistant
• Free AI meeting assistant

FAQ

What makes LiveCue a private AI meeting assistant?

LiveCue runs as a Mac app on your device, not as a bot that joins the call. It does not add a participant to the attendee list, and its overlay is excluded from screen capture so cues stay off recordings and screen shares. It processes audio locally to generate cues rather than uploading full meeting recordings to a third-party server.

Does LiveCue record my entire meeting?

LiveCue processes audio to generate real-time cues and a post-call recap. It does not upload a full meeting recording to a cloud storage service or share it with third parties for training purposes.

Can other participants tell I'm using a meeting assistant?

No. LiveCue does not add a bot to the call, does not trigger a recording notification in most platforms, and its on-screen overlay is excluded from screen sharing. From other participants' perspectives, the call looks and runs normally.

Is a private AI meeting assistant allowed in my company or industry?

Policies vary by employer, industry, and jurisdiction. LiveCue is a personal productivity tool, not a recording device in the traditional sense. You are responsible for following the rules that apply to your specific meetings — employer policy, recording consent laws, and any platform terms of service.