When we dream of a perfect digital assistant, we often forget that it has to know everything about us. And that may not be what we want.
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Microsoft’s new Copilot+ PCs have a nifty feature called Recall, which takes a screenshot of your computer every few seconds and uses AI magic to extract all the information stored in it. The idea is that you can ask the Copilot assistant about anything you’ve seen or created, and it can give you an answer. It sounds both super convenient and creepy, but if it stays on the device, why not? After all, your OS vendor already has access to everything on your computer.
"Recall is the kind of feature I've always wanted, but I'm not sure I'd ever turn it on. Microsoft's recent high-profile security flaws aside, it seems like there's a new risk in keeping everything you see on your computer — bank accounts, a list of passwords, messages, work documents, and other things sent by a third party that they expect to be confidential, credit card information — for a rolling three-month window," tech commentator Nick Heer writes on his Pixel Envy blog.
Recall’s promise is a good one. Maybe you forgot where you saw that perfect pair of shoes while shopping, or you read a super tip on Mastodon or a website, or it came in an email? Instead of going back through it all, just ask your PC’s new built-in AI assistant for help, and it should provide the answer right away.
