Windows 11 AI Update Exposes Windows to AI-Based Cyber Attacks

Activation of Recall could raise security and PCI compliance issues as users may not realize the impact and exposure they face

Microsoft will start to roll out the AI-Based Recall feature in its update to qualifying hardware running 24H2. This feature includes a privacy nightmare, which has generated waves of backlash over privacy and security concerns.

The Recall feature allows users to record actions with snapshots they take on their machines. If enabled AI robots could capture everything that occurs on a machine. To use Recall, users’ machines require a turbocharged neural processing unit (NPU) capable of performing more than 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS). Windows 11 machines shipping with the feature are branded as Copilot+ computers and have Windows 11 Home software shipped on the machines.