Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella announced a new feature for its PCs on Monday, which will allow advanced Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to record everything on a user’s screen in the name of convenience.
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“This is a Black Mirror episode. Definitely turning this ‘feature’ off,” said Elon Musk on X, responding to the announcement.
The new feature, called Recall, will constantly take screenshots of whatever appears on the PC, and use those screenshots to compile an A.I. searchable database of everything that has ever been displayed on the computer.
“How do we introduce memory right, photographic memory into what you do on the PC, and now we have it, so it’s called Recall. It’s not keyword search, right, it’s semantic search over all your history, and it’s not just about any document. We can recreate moments from the past essentially,” said Nadella during an interview on the feature.
The A.I. will allow users to search for anything they have ever done on the computer, not only text, but also images and any other things displayed.
Microsoft has acknowledged the obvious privacy concerns with the feature that creates a complete database of all actions taken on a given computer, and has attempted to assuage those fears
The company says that the data will only be stored locally, rather than uploaded into the cloud, and has promised not to use the data to train further A.I. advancements.
It is unclear if Microsoft can access that data or if it would be able to provide that data to government agencies such as the National Surveillance Agency (NSA) if requested.
Despite the tech giant’s claims, many, including tech billionaire Elon Musk and numerous other X users, remain skeptical about the feature.
Microsoft claims that the feature will only be available on its new Copilot+ PCs, because only they have the onboard hardware necessary to handle the new A.I. technology.
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Microsoft can take their AI and put it where the sun doesn’t shine.
And imagine all the useless idiots who will by it and love it! Society has been brainwashed and devolved into stupid people who can’t see what their doing to us aĺl
“The company says that the data will only be stored locally, rather than uploaded into the cloud…”
…insidious lie! This will definitely end up at the NSA!
This is an outrage! (Probably everyone I know will just go along with it…)
Every time I do a search on the internet AI just overloads my computer with worthless garbage I don’t want to see or read. All the bastiges will do with AI is to find new ways to sell us stuff and new ways to keep an eye on everyone of us. Big brother and big retail just love this stuff. They and Bill Gates can all go to hell……and never come back. As far as I am concerned.
“It is unclear if Microsoft can access that data or if it would be able to provide that data to government agencies such as the National Surveillance Agency (NSA) if requested.”
I guess I won’t be buying a windows computer and if you believe the above lie I have a bridge I want to sell you.