Signals before pixels
Presence continuously reads coarse state such as present, looking away, screen shared, and engaged. It does not send a continuous video feed to the reasoning model.
Security and privacy
It sees enough
to notice
Presence separates continuous coarse perception from deliberate visual inspection. Recording and durable retention are separate capabilities, not consequences of joining a Session.
Frames only when the task calls for them
When reasoning requires visual detail, the model receives a frame. Low resolution is the default; higher resolution is available when the task requires it. Frames are not retained in later conversation history.
Off by default
The launch demo is not recorded. Other sessions require separate, session-specific authority and applicable participant consent before recording or durable media retention.
The browser gets a Session, not your API key
Browser clients receive session-scoped credentials. API keys remain outside frontend source, URLs, browser-exposed environment variables, and the embedded Presence client.
The launch demo
Camera and microphone on.
Recording off
The demo processes camera and microphone media live so Presence can see and hear the participant. It is not recorded. Closing the Session ends the embedded client and its session-scoped access.
Public policies