<h1>AI-powered caller-ID adds real-time labels and summaries, raising defamation, privacy, consumer protection and liability risks</h1> A global caller-ID service has begun delivering AI-generated, real-time contextual labels and summaries for incoming calls, using community reports and behavioral models to flag fraud, classify likely businesses, and summarize user comments. Legal issues include risks of inaccurate or misleading automated classifications (potential defamation, consumer protection and liability exposure), data-protection and cross-border transfer concerns tied to processing call metadata and community reports, obligations to disclose automated decision-making, and regulatory scrutiny over verification claims for businesses. Mitigations include auditability of models, human review channels, robust consent/notice, accuracy monitoring, and local compliance with privacy and telecom rules.