Latest Windows AI Feature Records Every thing You Do On Your PC

Microsoft’s newly released Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs captures snapshots of user activities, encrypting and storing them locally for simple retrieval. Unlike a cloud-based solution, Recall captures encrypted snapshots of your screen activity directly in your device’s Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip (with NPU) – a response for those wary of the cloud.

While this feature guarantees enhanced productivity, it raises significant privacy concerns. Despite Microsoft’s assurances of encryption and native storage, the potential for misuse stays, particularly if someone gains access to your account. Recall requires a hefty 256GB of storage and is currently in beta, with Microsoft in search of user feedback to shine this potentially game-changing, or privacy-invasive (depending in your perspective) feature before full release. Read more.

Recent research reveals that giant language models like GPT-4 exhibit remarkable proficiency in theory of mind tasks, surpassing expectations. Theory of mind, crucial for understanding others’ mental states, is adeptly mimicked by LLMs corresponding to ChatGPT.

This “theory of mind,” crucial for understanding others’ intentions, was considered beyond the grasp of machines. The study found LLMs like ChatGPT performing well on tasks designed to check this ability, including interpreting irony and deciphering strange stories. GPT-4 even outperformed humans in these areas.

Nonetheless, some remain skeptical, questioning whether LLMs truly understand human thought or are simply mimicking patterns. Concerns linger about potential biases and anthropomorphization of LLMs. The study doesn’t claim LLMs possess theory of mind, but it surely highlights their ability to mimic human-like reasoning with uncanny accuracy. Read more.

OpenAI is ‘in conversations’ with Scarlett Johansson over the ChatGPT voice that sounds similar to her: A recent dustup between OpenAI and actress Scarlett Johansson highlights the challenges of voice selection in chatbots. Johansson raised concerns in regards to the uncanny resemblance between her voice and “Sky,” a voice option inside OpenAI’s ChatGPT. While Johansson maintains she declined a suggestion to voice ChatGPT 4.0, OpenAI denies intentionally replicating her voice and apologizes for any confusion. Sky, drawing comparisons to Johansson’s character in “Her,” was subsequently removed by OpenAI. Read more.

US FDA clears Neuralink’s brain chip implant in second patient, WSJ reports: This follows a hiccup through the first procedure, where tiny wires proved a bit too longing for a retreat – a challenge previously encountered in animal testing. Neuralink is addressing this by upping the ante on wire placement depth. Read More.

Microsoft makes Phi-3 generally available, previews its Phi-3-vision multimodal small language model: Microsoft Research has announced the overall availability of its Phi-3 family of lightweight language models. This release encompasses three models: Phi-3-mini (3.8 billion parameters), Phi-3-small (7 billion parameters), and Phi-3-medium (14 billion parameters). All models are designed for cost-effective deployment while maintaining strong reasoning capabilities. The launch includes Phi-3-vision, a 4.2 billion parameter multimodal variant able to visual reasoning tasks corresponding to analyzing charts and graphs. Read more.