Sounds like one of those "genius" ideas one would come up with on a really drunk night out. And since it's only something that can go through - if an upper management is involved - wouldn't be surprised if the one in question was hired with the help of an uncle or such (nepotism). Same goes for the Recall fiasco. That's not something one would place on the table - unless one lacks even the most basic knowledge of cybersecurity (as it's usually the case with nepotism upper management). I feel bad for the dev teams - compelled to make that happen. Sure, they have well-paid jobs - but it probably takes a lot of Xanax (or other brain numbing brain) - to put up with this messy prank like projects.
LOL, you're right about that. However, AI browsers (like Dia and Perplexity) are apparantly the future, but I don't see any feature that I need at the moment. https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-perplexitys-new-browser-returned-to-chrome-in-no-time/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/11/the-browser-company-launches-its-ai-first-browser-dia-in-beta/
Every browser has embed AI this days. Microsoft's Edge uses his own (Copilot) - while Firefox included third-party AI chatbots in the sidebar - like Google Gemini or ChatGPT. Even DuckDuckGo has its own embed AI (duck.ai). It's obviosully the future - but not BS like... ‘Journeys’ is to turn your browsing activity into helpful summaries. I don't see any future in that.
To clarify, I'm not saying that I will be using it either, but these companies are trying to make us believe it's the future. At the moment I don't see anything useful from these AI tools, I guess it depends on your activities.
I would actually pay MS $20 yearly, not to force AI on me. I uninstall, disable and block it whenever I can, but it is hard to keep up.
I disagree, vehemently. A.i. tools are quite clearly - not just BS marketing. Even right now - they're the most impressive part of the tech industry (what can be done with their help and what many of them can actually do - is baffling to say the least), and for quite some time now (they keep getting better - more impressive). I already use A.I. in many ways (design, as a replacement for google - and old/obsolete way of searching for something on the internet, even use it - to help my parents with medical technicalities and so on and so forth - cause the list is really long). Can't imagine a future without A.I. Which technologically speaking - it's as big as the internet in the 90s and ever since. Even back then - due to low speeds - many still preferred the Local Network (and piracy of the 90s +), but it in similar way - with every year passing (as the internet speed kept increasing) - it became a bigger and bigger thing - till it became part of every computer user's life. That being said, i'm definitely not saying - that A.I. tools are BS. Even in my previous post - i've been very specific about it... it's A.i. tools like Recall (and wasting my storage space to basically... spy on every move i make on PC) - and also this "summarizes browsing activity feature" - which to me sounds more like a drunk idea coming from some manager hired through nepotism. A waste of resources - even a big privacy concern.
It's absolutely the future. In Photoshop it is amazing. I have a reference library where it assists the search and it's great. That said when it eventually sends back the terminator to kill us all, I wonder if it will look like Arnold.
I refuse to play - but of course, that doesn't matter. Much of the internet is based on certain levels of stupidity and other unfortunate behaviours, and the small number of people who are not in that pot of stew do not matter much. It's somewhat like buying lottery tickets: the abstainers do not matter.
Heck are they lost or something in an Ai Fog? I still have Windows 98SE & XP programs that is been doing the same exact thing that they purport this $20 Ai dud can do. And it's freeware and works on Windows 11 as well as any browser activity which summarizes browsing history including the timestamps when and where. So what are they peddling that for to begin with? I imagine even Nirsoft has a a few activity trackers in their list of free apps which have been around for decades and is still updated regularly. While different from Browser Summary Ai here is screenshot of a long obsolete Windows 98SE program which i would pit against any Ai head to head that simply rapid scans your PC and detects the Top 100 Largest Files on any PC. Windows 11 included. It's lightning quick too as in nano-micro seconds. No Thank You MS, maybe you should revisit your system O/S archives to see for yourselves.
OK I see, like I said, it depends on your activaties, but good to know that AI is quite useful to you. Actually, Recall sounds like something I need. I often can't find files on my PC, but I don't want it to make screenshots all of the time. Supposedly they are developing a new Windows Search based on AI, and it won't be making use of screenshots. OK I see, but would you use AI in your browser? I can imagine that in the graphics industry AI can be quite useful. From what I understood, Figma is also pretty good, it's an Adobe competitor who is now listed on Wall Street.
I'm barely 42 but i get it - old age and memory issues seem to go hand in hand. Does help to keep an order of things (labeled directories in specific partitions - rather than the messy randomness i've seen in so many computers). Try this tool: https://www.voidtools.com/ - it's better than Windows Search. That's where/what i use it mostly. For example: For creating logos or personalized content - to be added on a T-Shirt: https://ideogram.ai Or just for fun... "What would wilderssecurity.com - if it was a human?" Image removed as per forum terms of service https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thr...mber-signatures-guidelines.19950/#post-121894 Google allows only 3x for free (which resets after awhile) - but there's also... https://app.leonardo.ai ...and many others to chose from. Others prefer A.i. video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr974k2RCLk ... but don't have any experience with that yet. Looks impressive - but i presume you have to pay to get quality results (might be possible even free - but the hard way - using multiple A.I. tools instead of just 1 - the commercial version). Still, seems to be worth it (even profitable - if that's your thing). Again, this are just some examples - covering less than 0.00001% of A.I's full potential.
It's more a matter of not knowing file names. So even a text-based search tool sometimes doesn't help. I'm talking about pictures, videos and PDF files for example. With a tool like Recall, you can simply describe what's in these files. But I don't want it to spy on me.
You sound like my mother - but she has Cerebral atrophy (you should see a neurologist and he'll recommend you a CT or MRI Scan - to see if you have it too, it's a serious issue - but there's meds that can help slow down the progress - since it leads to dementia - like Alzheimer). In the real world - one can misplace something (forgetting the keys in the bathroom and such), but it's not normal (for a healthy brain) - to misplace pictures, videos and PDF files like that on a computer. All it takes is a bit of order. Microsoft devs created libraries/folders - to help with that: But if you don't have space - you can always create some Folders on a bigger partition labeled as Documents, Pictures or Videos - and create a shortcut to desktop for quick access. In this regard, there's also this highly useful windows explorer feature: My memory is not what it used to be - but counting on simple order habits - while using features like above (+ that search tool) - i never misplaced a file or struggled to find it - even if it's months or years old. And again, i'm just a average human being memory wise - so it's not normal to misplace stuff like that (i'm serious - you should see a doc about that). To be fair, yes... A.i. recall - could help people struggling with dementia (Alzheimer in particular). Might also help - if they implement that in real life - embed in VR Glasses (my mother would love such feature and so do many others who struggle with memory related diseases or are simply very messy). But for normal/healthy users - quite the opposite - would promote a messy lifestyle which eventually - could actually lead to brain rot (what we don't use... we loose). So hey, it's worth to get a scam and see if you have this issue - since there's meds that might slow down it's progress for up to a decade (depending on lifestyle). There's also supplements that help a normal brain with memory issues (+ a balanced diet), i take stuff like that myself - even coffee helps, but what your describe sounds more serious. Good luck.
LOL, you're kidding right? So all people who can't find files on their PC's may have Alzheimer? That's a little bit far-fetched don't you think? But I think you misunderstood, most of my data is stored in the Documents and Download folder, but let's say you're searching for a certain picture, but this picture is named picture001. With Recall, you could say ''I'm searching for travel pictures'', and it might find pictures from let's say your trip to New York. Another example is how you can perhaps tell Recall to show all pictures with apartment buildings (I'm a fan of architecture). I have many of such pics that are scattered around in various folders. So it would be quite handy for people who haven't neatly organized their files.
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Hahaha, I'm not sure if that would help narrow it down? (At least for me, most of my pictures that aren't family are travel ) We just got in the habit of filling pictures by date, and by place for travel. Works well when trips are infrequent. But, to find all pictures containing a picture of someone? That's a lengthy, manual process of looking through folders... (Can be fun, though, looking through all those old pictures) Edit: But then, I rarely use Windows search, and have my own filling system that makes sense to me. When I need to find a specific file, I usually use a developer based search tool.
My take is that there is a colossal and sudden CLASH of cultural differences that ALL MAJOR TECH GIANTS overlooked. On the one hand are the as they say boomer generation who actually CONTRIBUTED GREATLY to those same giants now, who are now the high rollers thanks to them, in part, and on the whole actually, while on the other is the Millennials and Z gens. One could in retrospect see missed Market Opportunity and percentage of users IF ONLY THEY DIVIDED BETWEEN THE TWO, and designed separate systems for each. Then today we wouldn't have all the friction that comes when one side feels they are being unfairly forced into particular technologies. But instead we have a better take this or that, or subscribe for this or that, or miss out attitude. That right there, the latter policy is what all these start ups are geared to anymore AS IN GREED. Instead of accommodating for all ends of the cultural spectrum in a more orderly reasonable manner and expanding their share in a coherent pattern which would reap dividends all way around for both. It's stuff like this, nickel and dime game or $20 in this instance universally applied that turns people off.
Yes exactly, Recall would be handy in these cases, at least if it works as advertised. I wonder if Instagram is also using AI, they have this ''Suggested Users'' feature where it's recommending women I should follow, purely based on my taste, pretty impressive stuff.
