McCarthy: Most enterprise customers reject always-on AI screen recording for now
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Sean McCarthy, founder of BackOps AI, discusses why his company uses manual workflow recording instead of background passive tracking for enterprise onboarding.
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“We found that most customers have asked that we started this way and eventually would be okay with more of like a screen watching type scenario. But for right now, Have felt the vast majority think it's a little too much too soon.”
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