We can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’
THE SO WHAT
The shift from binary on/off recording to continuous buffering and on-device inference blows up legacy consent and compliance assumptions. If you deploy AI hardware in workplaces or customer environments, you need a policy that treats "ambient sensing" as recording for risk and trust purposes, regardless of how vendors label it.
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