Frightening! New Microsoft Windows Will Screenshot Everything You Do

In something out of a sci-fi thriller gone wrong, the next release of Microsoft Windows will include a feature that can continuously screenshot everything one does in order to feed an Artificial Intelligence model that can later help users refresh their memory. Internally called "AI Explorer," the feature will be available on all upcoming PC desktops and laptops that have Windows 11 installed. 

In a new interview, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explained how the new feature, called "Recall," that will remember and understand your computer habits by constantly taking internal screenshots. It will then compile the data and curate your computer for you. It will include logging everything you do in apps, tracking communications in live meetings as well as which websites you've visited and more.

Talk about frightening!

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The news was met with harsh feedback and criticism - likening it to some sort of dystopia or, as Elon Musk called it - an episode of Netflix's Black Mirror.

Another Twitter user likened it to a scheme to "add more surveillance under the veil of a helpful feature."

"Recall is a semantics search over your history… we can recreate moments from the past, essentially" Nadella explained. When asked about it ‘being pretty creepy,’ the Microsoft CEO responded that people need to realize that "this is [their] computer and that it is [their] recall, and that it is all being done locally.'

Of course, with more and more computers, programs, Clouds and more being vulnerable to malware and security breaches, suddenly the local aspect could quickly

Microsoft has previously been ridiculed by U.S. Homeland Security and tech agencies for not being forthcoming about their lackluster security practices and exploitation. 

Recall will initially be rolled out on Microsoft's "Copilot Plus PCs.

With AI taking over more of our lives, we are beginning to see a push back to it with some people saying "enough is enough." But will "enough" people stop buying products in order to have a financial impact still remains to be seen.