Personal AI Assistants and Privacy

The report critiques Microsoft’s “Recall” feature for Copilot+ PCs—an on-device AI that records user activity for retrieval—warning it could capture sensitive data, erode endpoint security assumptions despite local encryption, complicate incident response and blast-radius determination, and increase legal exposure through e-discovery; it argues this illustrates the need for trustworthy, transparent, and publicly accountable AI rather than reliance on corporate incentives.