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Show HN: Amurex – An open source AI meeting copilot

90 points by jtswole 2y ago

Bjartr 2y ago
As far as I can tell looking around the repo, An open source frontend for a proprietary AI meeting copilot Did I miss something?
- niyogi 2y ago
  i was wondering the same thing until i found the rest of it: https://github.com/thepersonalaicompany/amurex-backend https://github.com/thepersonalaicompany/amurex-backend
  - Bjartr 2y ago
    Thanks! I missed that.
- jtswole 2y ago
  Everything is open source under AGPL licence. Maybe I can improve the README. What was harder to find for you?
  - Bjartr 2y ago
    The backend repo, but I'll chalk that up to not realizing I was only seeing pinned repos for your organization on github mobile.
niyogi 2y ago
great start/work with this! i think clarification on the "it's free (for now)" mention on the website would be worth clearing up.
- jtswole 2y ago
  Good shout. We will add a paid tier at some point, but unsure of the pricing for now. However, the self hosted version will be free forever and there will be a generous free tier too. Do you have any suggestions for the copy?
  - thih9 2y ago
    > We will add a paid tier at some point, but unsure of the pricing for now. However, the self hosted version will be free forever and there will be a generous free tier too. What you wrote above is clear and helpful to me - and in any case I find it more useful than "it's free (for now)".
amelius 2y ago
Maybe it is better to not use the word copilot in this context because MS has a trademark on it that they will have to defend.
- lolinder 2y ago
  They have a pending trademark for Microsoft Copilot—do they also have an application for Copilot, unqualified? https://trademarks.justia.com/981/61/microsoft-98161972.html https://trademarks.justia.com/981/61/microsoft-98161972.html Edit: I found one for GitHub Copilot but no evidence of an unqualified trademark: https://trademarks.justia.com/974/60/github-97460083.html https://trademarks.justia.com/974/60/github-97460083.html
- jtswole 2y ago
  Thank you for suggestion. But in all honesty, f*ck Microsoft. Trying to trademark copilot is trying to trademark something like ASI or AGI. Co-pilot has been widely used in the aviation industry, and by definition means a person/companion who can help you navigate. So, I hope their trademark request gets rejected ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- sitkack 2y ago
  Microsoft doesn't get to own the world Copilot for everything.
  - layer8 2y ago
    Not for everything, but for AI assistants they conceivably could.
    - dutchbookmaker 2y ago
      Personally, I don't think it really works either as a brand. A meeting is not that complicated that you need a "copilot". A stenographer is not a "copilot". This only worked with the hubris and obnoxiousness of tech people who think they are doing more than they are. Normal people in the workforce know their boring job that this is trying to help automate isn't that complicated or exciting. The analogy with aviation couldn't make less sense for most jobs when trying to automate the boring aspects.
SparkyMcUnicorn 2y ago
While I was looking for how to swap out the backend to self-hosted, I noticed that analytics is hardcoded to true. Something to be aware of. Found this the other day on GitHub and have been meaning to try it out. Guess I'll be setting up the backend and modifying the hardcoded config in the extension.
- jtswole 2y ago
  > While I was looking for how to swap out the backend to self-hosted, I noticed that analytics is hardcoded to true. Something to be aware of. Hostility is definitely not the intention, which is why we provide a way to turn it off in the config. But looks like we should provide a way to turn it off in a settings page somewhere too.
  - arunc 2y ago
    Or turn it off by default and the interested users can turn it on.
  - sneak 2y ago
    Co-opting computers you don’t own to spy on the activities of the owners of those computers without their consent is unethical. The name we use for software that contains such functionality serving only its remote developer is “spyware”.
sandropuppo 2y ago
nice product, congrats! maybe I would just change the UVP in the repo a bit to understand better why the product is different, besides the open-source part of it.
- jtswole 2y ago
  Thank you! We have the ability to do real time suggestions based on your context files like Cursor but for meetings. and also late meeting recaps. But thank you, need to update the readme now :D
ashryan 2y ago
> 1. Install Amurex from the Chrome Web Store Wishing the project well, but this is where it stops for me unfortunately. Are there any similar tools that aren't browser dependent?
- deleted 2y ago
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- jtswole 2y ago
  > Are there any similar tools that aren't browser dependent? We might come up with something like this ;) What platform do you use for meetings? Or these some other issue for it being made for Chrome?
  - ashryan 2y ago
    I'd rather something like this either: 1. Work outside of the browser altogether (i.e., be built as an app for the OS), or 2. Integrate directly into the service it is targeting (i.e., G Suite add-ons, etc.) I may be in the minority.
    - jtswole 2y ago
      I understand that this is your preference. But I still don't understand why do you prefer that instead.
- cheema33 2y ago
  Same. I am pretty relaxed about privacy. But browser extensions are usually a hard pass for me. I grudgingly installed 2. An ad blocker and 1Password. It would take a lot for me to install a third. I usually do not trust browser extensions.
  - jtswole 2y ago
    It is open source so you can inspect the code :D
tiahura 2y ago
Great concept. Do this for Outlook and Teams.
- ahofmann 2y ago
  Vote here for teams support: https://github.com/thepersonalaicompany/amurex/issues/17 https://github.com/thepersonalaicompany/amurex/issues/17
- jtswole 2y ago
  Doing! https://www.amurex.ai/early https://www.amurex.ai/early You can sign up here if you want to be informed when we launch it.
bravura 2y ago
Can you please just do plain-old transcription with speaker diarization? That's the most important starting point for me. [edit: The summaries are usually bad and I always want to refer back to what was specifically said through LLM Q+A]
- jtswole 2y ago
  We do it right now :D Just click on the download transcript

90 points by jtswole 2y ago

As far as I can tell looking around the repo, An open source frontend for a proprietary AI meeting copilot Did I miss something?

niyogi 2y ago
i was wondering the same thing until i found the rest of it: https://github.com/thepersonalaicompany/amurex-backend https://github.com/thepersonalaicompany/amurex-backend
- Bjartr 2y ago
  Thanks! I missed that.
jtswole 2y ago
Everything is open source under AGPL licence. Maybe I can improve the README. What was harder to find for you?
- Bjartr 2y ago
  The backend repo, but I'll chalk that up to not realizing I was only seeing pinned repos for your organization on github mobile.

niyogi 2y ago

great start/work with this! i think clarification on the "it's free (for now)" mention on the website would be worth clearing up.

jtswole 2y ago
Good shout. We will add a paid tier at some point, but unsure of the pricing for now. However, the self hosted version will be free forever and there will be a generous free tier too. Do you have any suggestions for the copy?
- thih9 2y ago
  > We will add a paid tier at some point, but unsure of the pricing for now. However, the self hosted version will be free forever and there will be a generous free tier too. What you wrote above is clear and helpful to me - and in any case I find it more useful than "it's free (for now)".

amelius 2y ago

Maybe it is better to not use the word copilot in this context because MS has a trademark on it that they will have to defend.

lolinder 2y ago
They have a pending trademark for Microsoft Copilot—do they also have an application for Copilot, unqualified? https://trademarks.justia.com/981/61/microsoft-98161972.html https://trademarks.justia.com/981/61/microsoft-98161972.html Edit: I found one for GitHub Copilot but no evidence of an unqualified trademark: https://trademarks.justia.com/974/60/github-97460083.html https://trademarks.justia.com/974/60/github-97460083.html
jtswole 2y ago
Thank you for suggestion. But in all honesty, f*ck Microsoft. Trying to trademark copilot is trying to trademark something like ASI or AGI. Co-pilot has been widely used in the aviation industry, and by definition means a person/companion who can help you navigate. So, I hope their trademark request gets rejected ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
sitkack 2y ago
Microsoft doesn't get to own the world Copilot for everything.
- layer8 2y ago
  Not for everything, but for AI assistants they conceivably could.
  - dutchbookmaker 2y ago
    Personally, I don't think it really works either as a brand. A meeting is not that complicated that you need a "copilot". A stenographer is not a "copilot". This only worked with the hubris and obnoxiousness of tech people who think they are doing more than they are. Normal people in the workforce know their boring job that this is trying to help automate isn't that complicated or exciting. The analogy with aviation couldn't make less sense for most jobs when trying to automate the boring aspects.

SparkyMcUnicorn 2y ago

While I was looking for how to swap out the backend to self-hosted, I noticed that analytics is hardcoded to true. Something to be aware of. Found this the other day on GitHub and have been meaning to try it out. Guess I'll be setting up the backend and modifying the hardcoded config in the extension.

jtswole 2y ago
> While I was looking for how to swap out the backend to self-hosted, I noticed that analytics is hardcoded to true. Something to be aware of. Hostility is definitely not the intention, which is why we provide a way to turn it off in the config. But looks like we should provide a way to turn it off in a settings page somewhere too.
- arunc 2y ago
  Or turn it off by default and the interested users can turn it on.
- sneak 2y ago
  Co-opting computers you don’t own to spy on the activities of the owners of those computers without their consent is unethical. The name we use for software that contains such functionality serving only its remote developer is “spyware”.

sandropuppo 2y ago

nice product, congrats! maybe I would just change the UVP in the repo a bit to understand better why the product is different, besides the open-source part of it.

jtswole 2y ago
Thank you! We have the ability to do real time suggestions based on your context files like Cursor but for meetings. and also late meeting recaps. But thank you, need to update the readme now :D

ashryan 2y ago

> 1. Install Amurex from the Chrome Web Store Wishing the project well, but this is where it stops for me unfortunately. Are there any similar tools that aren't browser dependent?

deleted 2y ago
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jtswole 2y ago
> Are there any similar tools that aren't browser dependent? We might come up with something like this ;) What platform do you use for meetings? Or these some other issue for it being made for Chrome?
- ashryan 2y ago
  I'd rather something like this either: 1. Work outside of the browser altogether (i.e., be built as an app for the OS), or 2. Integrate directly into the service it is targeting (i.e., G Suite add-ons, etc.) I may be in the minority.
  - jtswole 2y ago
    I understand that this is your preference. But I still don't understand why do you prefer that instead.
cheema33 2y ago
Same. I am pretty relaxed about privacy. But browser extensions are usually a hard pass for me. I grudgingly installed 2. An ad blocker and 1Password. It would take a lot for me to install a third. I usually do not trust browser extensions.
- jtswole 2y ago
  It is open source so you can inspect the code :D

tiahura 2y ago

Great concept. Do this for Outlook and Teams.

ahofmann 2y ago
Vote here for teams support: https://github.com/thepersonalaicompany/amurex/issues/17 https://github.com/thepersonalaicompany/amurex/issues/17
jtswole 2y ago
Doing! https://www.amurex.ai/early https://www.amurex.ai/early You can sign up here if you want to be informed when we launch it.

bravura 2y ago

Can you please just do plain-old transcription with speaker diarization? That's the most important starting point for me. [edit: The summaries are usually bad and I always want to refer back to what was specifically said through LLM Q+A]

jtswole 2y ago
We do it right now :D Just click on the download transcript