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Microsoft to re-launch ‘privacy nightmare’ AI screenshot tool

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Summary
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73% Informative

Recall was designed to search through users' past activity, including files, photos, emails and browsing history.

But critics quickly raised concerns given the quantity of sensitive data the system would harvest.

It was labelled a potential privacy nightmare’ by critics when it was unveiled in May 2024 .

It now plans to relaunch the AI -powered tool in November on CoPilot+ computers.

VR Score

70

Informative language

66

Neutral language

46

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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short-lived

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1

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