Just because you could doesn't mean you should
Windows Recall has been coaxed into life on a computer lacking the AI hardware shown off by Microsoft at its recent unveiling event.
Windows Recall is Microsoft's latest attempt to persuade users that they really need to upgrade their hardware to take advantage of local AI magic. It stores a snapshot of the user's screen every few seconds and permits the user to use natural language queries to hunt back through their timeline.on Mastodon, a user with the handle Albacore wrote that they had managed to make Recall work on a"Snapdragon 7c+ Gen3, 3.4 GB of RAM, no NPU in sight.
While getting Recall running on hardware not listed in Microsoft's set of requirements is amusing and will be familiar to users dodging the company's stringent requirements for Windows 11, the feature itself remains controversial. Although still in preview, cybersecurity experts and regulators have reacted to the functionality with alarm.
Cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont noted that he had also managed to get Recall working on a non-Copilot+ PC without an NPU.Was there no one at Microsoft who looked at Recall and said: This really, really suckson Mastodon:"If you want to know where tech companies are with AI safety, know Microsoft Recall won't record screenshots of DRM'd movies..
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