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Recall is still bad

Interesting read on Microsoft’s Copilot+ Recall feature. I think I would turn this off in Corporate builds if they insist on releasing it. Recall: Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible.Photographic memory comes to Windows, and is the biggest

Meta at it again

I gave up any Meta accounts a while ago. Partly because they’re quite despicable, but also because…it’s just adverts. But this is a really ‘unusual’ way of complying with EU privacy requirements if you want to opt out of Meta using your data for training their GenAI.

A Year of building with LLMs

This is not a short read but could be an interesting series. It will be split into tactical, operational and strategic. This is the tactical part. What We Learned from a Year of Building with LLMs (Part I)O’Reilly MediaEugene Yan, Bryan Bischof, Charles Frye, Hamel Husain, Jason Liu,

I'm a little suspicious

I’m starting to get a little suspicious of some of you folk with ‘AI’ in your titles. Over the weekend there was quite a bit of coverage of the EV Fella getting $6B in funding for his AI startup. Followed by a lot of ‘Ooo’ and ‘Ahh’ commentary. What

Say the quiet part out loud

Refreshing to see one of the big players (sort of) say the quiet part out loud: “There are still times it’s going to get it wrong, but I don’t think I would look at that and underestimate how useful it can be at the same time,” he said.

Recall is insane

A few days ago I said ‘Wait and see’ about Microsoft’s announced Recall feature. Initial discussions were a bit too ‘Henny Penny’ for me. Sometimes it’s good to base things on facts. The security aspect is concerning. Snapshots seem to be protected only by disk encryption (which is

Recall is a bad idea

A few weeks ago I was quietly applauding Microsoft for a new focus on security. I suspect a test is imminent. Yesterday they introduced new laptops. Copilot+ with a feature called ‘Recall’ Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs | TechCrunchMicrosoft unveiled a new lineup of