Security News > 2024 > June > Microsoft Revamps Controversial AI-Powered Recall Feature Amid Privacy Concerns

2024-06-08 06:54
Microsoft on Friday said it will disable its much-criticized artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Recall feature by default and make it an opt-in. Recall, currently in preview and coming exclusively to Copilot+ PCs on June 18, 2024, functions as an "explorable visual timeline" by capturing screenshots of what appears on users' screens every five seconds, which are subsequently analyzed and
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