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Microsoft 'recalls' screenshot feature after outcry

Microsoft will modify a tool on its new AI-powered PCs that had sparked privacy concerns.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data watchdog, had told the BBC it was "making enquiries" with Microsoft about the tool after concerns were raised. "We have heard a clear signal that we can make it easier for people to choose to enable Recall on their Copilot+ PC and improve privacy and security safeguards," said Pavan Davuluri, corporate vice president of Windows and devices, on Friday. Executive vice president Yusuf Medhi said during the event's keynote speech that the feature used AI "to make it possible to access virtually anything you have ever seen on your PC" and likened it to having photographic memory.

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