What this is
A Me is an AI stand-in. A MeTeams user sends it to a meeting they cannot attend. It is software, not a person, and it never pretends to be the person it stands in for.
- Its name in the meeting says what it is, for example “Amara’s Me (AI stand-in)”.
- It says so in the meeting chat as soon as it joins.
- It never uses a copy of anyone’s voice or a lifelike copy of anyone’s face. It uses a labeled card or a stylized avatar, and a clearly artificial voice.
- The host can remove it with one click.
An example of what a Me posts in the chat when it joins. The wording may change before launch.
Hi, I’m Amara’s Me, an AI stand-in. Amara can’t attend, so I’m listening and writing a transcript so Amara can read a summary later. I’m not a person. To remove me, use the participant menu or the removal link in this message. About me: meteams.com/ai-policy
I can’t answer questions or make decisions.
What it does at each level
The person who sends a Me chooses one of three levels for each meeting.
- Listen and brief me. The Me joins, says who it is, listens and writes a transcript. After the meeting it sends the person a short briefing. It does not answer questions or make decisions.
- Answer facts, ask me the rest. The Me also answers factual questions, using only the notes and documents the person gave it. If the answer is not there, it says so, sends your question to the person, and posts their reply to the meeting when it comes.
- Agree within my limits. The Me may also agree to things, but only inside limits the person set in advance, such as “agree to the budget if it is under $10K”. Our servers check every limit before the Me speaks, not just the AI. The Me reads back what it agreed to, and every agreement is logged.
What it records and for how long
- The words of the meeting, as text: what is said, what is typed in the chat, and the names the meeting tool shows. It does not keep audio. Sound goes to a speech-to-text company while the meeting runs and is then dropped.
- Nothing is stored until the Me has announced itself. If it cannot post the announcement, for example because chat is turned off, it leaves.
- The person who sent the Me can read the transcript. By default it is deleted after 90 days. They can choose a time from 7 to 365 days, or delete it sooner. The Privacy page has the full table.
- We do not build voiceprints, recognize faces or guess feelings, and we do not score or rank anyone.
- We do not train AI models on what is said in a meeting, and we will not use an AI company that does.
Recording laws differ from place to place, and some need everyone’s consent. The person who sends a Me is responsible for following the laws where they and the other attendees are.
How to make it leave
Any of these ends the Me’s time in the meeting, usually within a few seconds, and it will not come back to that meeting:
- The host removes it from the participant list, as with any other participant.
- Anyone types
/stop in the meeting chat. - Anyone opens the removal link in the Me’s message and presses the button on that page.
- The person who sent it presses Leave in MeTeams.
If you were in a meeting with a Me
You can ask us what we hold about your words, or ask us to delete them. Write to privacy@meteams.com and tell us:
- your name as it appeared in the meeting
- the date and the rough time
- the name of the person whose Me attended (the Me’s name shows it, for example “Amara’s Me”)
- the meeting tool, for example Google Meet
We will answer within 30 days and tell you what we found.
To raise any other concern about a Me, write to support@meteams.com.