A lot of value is being created with some of these AI apps but are the people funding the development of these apps seeing a return on investment? (Honest question, I don't really know)

The article mentions

> This is a bubble driven by vibes not returns ...

I think this indicates some investors are seeing a return. I know AI is expensive to train and somewhat expensive to run though so I am not really sure what the reality is.

Agreed, I don’t think there is a reliable way to actually achieve what Recall is trying to accomplish. I think if all the models and stuff strictly ran locally with no chance of leaving the box it wouldn’t be as much of an issue at that point it would be the same as if you stored all your passwords in a text file.

I’m not up to date with how the filter is supposed to work, the article mentions it hides Google Password Manager but didn’t hide passwords in plain text in a notepad text file. Seems like maybe programs have to indicate they should be hidden from Recall?

That said the feature still seems kinda dumb to me and feels very much like a solution in search of a problem. There is a ton of data on a device which doesn’t require screen shotting everything. Want to help the user find some website they visited long ago? Just parse every web page the user visits and summarize it no screen shot necessary

I think in the case of the article the date library isn't necessarily hard but tedious. They mention most date libraries suffer from supporting too many standards or allow ambiguity.

I agree with you though, do the hard things even if it doesn't work 100% right you will have learned a lot. In university I had to implement all of the standard template library data structures and their features, it wasn't as robust as the actual STL but the knowledge of how those work under the covers still comes up in my day to day job.

I think if I understand the article correctly it sounds like Google might also be reading the messages so it can respond for you. Regardless I think the other thing people might not be happy about is Gemini can still interact with apps regardless of if you have app activity turned on or off, as quoted from the linked email in the article: What's changing Gemini will soon be able to help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off