23 May 2024

Tech: Microsoft's creepy Recall feature, AI Summit in Seoul

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 23 May 2024
Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Pavan Davuluri speaks about Recall during the Microsoft May 20 Briefing event at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington

Photo: JASON REDMOND

Technology commentator Peter Griffin looks at the rise of the AI PC, including the debut this week of Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs and the Recall feature that keeps track of everything you see and do on your computer.

He'll also look at the follow up to the Bletchley Park Declaration on safe AI, which is the AI Summit in Seoul. Sixteen tech companies have signed up to the voluntary standards - but does that mean it's lacking teeth?

Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based science and technology journalist