{"id":5218,"date":"2024-05-26T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitesonics.com\/with-recall-microsoft-is-using-ai-to-fix-windows-eternally-broken-search-172510698\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T16:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:14:07","slug":"with-recall-microsoft-is-using-ai-to-fix-windows-eternally-broken-search-172510698","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aitesonics.com\/with-recall-microsoft-is-using-ai-to-fix-windows-eternally-broken-search-172510698\/","title":{"rendered":"With Recall, Microsoft is using AI to fix Windows' eternally broken search"},"content":{"rendered":"
At its Build 2024 conference, Microsoft unveiled Rewind, a new feature that aims to make local Windows PC searches as quick and effective as web searches. Similar to third-party apps like Rewind<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s Recall for Copilot+ PCs<\/a> uses AI to retrieve virtually anything you\u2019ve seen on your PC. Microsoft describes it like giving your PC a photographic memory.<\/p>\n At Monday\u2019s event, Microsoft Product Manager Caroline Hernandez gave the example of searching for a blue dress on Pinterest using a Windows PC with Recall. Returning later, she can search the Recall timeline for \u201cblue dress\u201d (using her voice), which pulls all of her recent searches, saving her from having to sift through browser history. She further refined the query with more specific details like \u201cblue pantsuit with sequined lace for Abuelita,\u201d and Rewind brought up the relevant results.<\/p>\n It can also quickly find specific emails, documents or chat threads you\u2019ve had on your PC. Microsoft says Recall uses semantic associations to make connections. For example, it connected the term \u201cpeacock\u201d to blue hues in the dress search.<\/p>\n Other examples the company gave include using Recall to find a specific PowerPoint slide using her voice. Microsoft says it can start with exact information or vague contextual clues to find what you want. Another example in the demo was a marketing line from a Teams meeting that Hernandez couldn\u2019t remember. By giving Recall contextual clues, it found it despite her not remembering the exact phrase.<\/p>\n Microsoft says Recall\u2019s processing is all done locally and won\u2019t be used to train future AI models, so your data should remain private, secure and offline. The company says over 40 local multi-modal small language models, which can recognize text, images, video and more are used to process Recall\u2019s data.<\/p>\n Recall will be available exclusively on Copilot+ PCs after installing the latest Windows Updates on June 18.<\/p>\n