Microsoft Recall may be built with artificial intelligence, but its building lacked judgment and wisdom — two things CIOs and IT teams must impart to get AI right.
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AI is the new “Digital.” That is, vendors are slapping the AI label on their wares regardless of whether their wares’ capabilities warrant it, aided and abetted by the complete and utter lack of a reliable definition of AI. It’s just as they did with “Digital” a few years back.
But sometimes a product deserves the AI label. That makes its description accurate, which is quite a different matter from it being a good idea.
Take the subject of this column’s screed: Microsoft Recall. It stores a snapshot of your computer’s screen every couple of seconds, indexing it for recall (hence the name) whenever you might want to review it.
Concerned about privacy lapses? Don’t be, says Microsoft. There’s no risk, because everything Recall stores is kept …