Every AI call is a potential liability. Prove you complied.
A plain-English, primary-sourced guide to the laws that govern AI and recorded calls, TCPA, AI disclosure, HIPAA, and recording consent. Then the fix: PyAI Trace scans 100% of your calls and keeps a tamper-evident audit trail. Keep your stack, add compliance.
Compliance for the calls you already make.
Trace doesn't care where the call came from, phone, Twilio, Plivo, Aircall, JustCall, Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams. It works from the call audio, so AI calls and human calls get the same rule packs and the same audit trail. No rip-and-replace.
Trace works from the call audio, so the source doesn't matter, phone, Twilio, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, or your own stack all flow into one compliance layer and one tamper-evident record.
The interactive resources.
The two assets buyers bookmark and other sites cite.
State-law tracker
Always-updated map and table of voice-AI call laws for all 50 states + DC, AI disclosure, one-party vs all-party recording consent, and voiceprint rules. Each cell cites primary law.
Open the trackerThe State of Voice AI Compliance
Original research: aggregate, anonymized findings on how often real AI calls miss disclosures or expose PII. See the methodology, and be part of the first edition.
See the reportWhat goes wrong, and what fixes it.
The risks are real, budgeted, and fast-moving. Each links to the explainer with the primary law behind it.
“Our AI agent calls without proper consent.”
TCPA: $500-$1,500 per call, no cap. Class actions in the millions.
Trace flags missing consent and disclosure, and proves the ones that complied.
“We never tell callers it’s an AI.”
State bot-disclosure laws (CA B.O.T. Act, Utah, Colorado) + FTC scrutiny.
Trace checks for the AI-disclosure line per call, by jurisdiction.
“PHI is sitting in our call transcripts.”
HIPAA penalties tiered up to ~$2M/yr per category, plus criminal exposure.
Trace auto-redacts PHI and applies a HIPAA rule pack.
“We record in two-party-consent states.”
State wiretap / CIPA, criminal and civil penalties.
Trace verifies the recording disclosure was actually spoken.
Read up by topic.
Explainer
TCPA and AI voice agents: the complete guide
The FCC ruled AI and cloned voices count as an 'artificial or prerecorded voice' under the TCPA. Here's the rulebook for AI calling agents: consent, disclosure, opt-outs, and the penalties.
ReadDo AI calling agents need consent?
The short answer is yes, and for marketing calls it's the strict kind: prior express written consent. Here's the plain-English version, with the rule it comes from.
ReadAI voice disclosure laws by US state
There's no single federal 'tell them it's an AI' law, it's a patchwork of state bot-disclosure rules. Here's the state-by-state picture and what your agent should say.
ReadHIPAA and voice AI: your call transcripts are PHI
The moment an AI call touches health information, the recording and transcript become PHI under HIPAA, with penalties up to ~$2M/year per violation category. Here's how to handle it.
ReadCall recording consent by state (one-party vs two-party)
Recording a call is legal in every state, but who has to agree differs. Here's one-party vs all-party consent, the states that matter, and the AI twist.
ReadHow-to
How to make your AI voice agent TCPA-compliant
Five concrete steps to get an AI calling agent on the right side of the TCPA, with the consent, disclosure, opt-out, and audit pieces most teams miss.
ReadRisk & ROI
What a TCPA violation actually costs (with the math)
$500 per call. $1,500 if willful. No cap. Multiply by an AI agent's call volume and you get the number that keeps compliance officers up at night. Here's the math.
ReadSolution
Compliance for any call: Zoom, Google Meet, Twilio, and more
Compliance shouldn't require ripping out your phone system. Trace works on any call audio, phone, Twilio, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and adds the monitoring and audit trail on top.
ReadThe terms, defined.
Why you can trust this resource
- We cite primary law, statutes, FCC/FTC rulings, state laws, and link them, every time.
- Every page is dated and shows when it was last reviewed. Voice-AI law changes monthly.
- Explainers are vendor-neutral and genuinely useful, not a product ad.
- Educational, not legal advice, we inform, your counsel decides.
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