{"slug": "openai-ditches-recall-style-screenshot-surveillance-for-friendly-keylogging", "title": "OpenAI ditches Recall-style screenshot surveillance for friendly keylogging", "summary": "OpenAI has abandoned its Recall-style screenshot surveillance feature in favor of a keylogging approach for its ChatGPT desktop app, according to The Register. The change, reported on [date not specified], shifts how the AI assistant captures user activity, replacing continuous screen captures with keyboard input logging to improve functionality and address privacy concerns.", "body_md": "### MOST POPULAR\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### DeepSeek's innovative harness treats everything as a plug-in\n\nChinese AI labs keep moving forward while US labs play defense\n\n-\nSECURITY\n\n#### Autonomous AI attacks pose 'clear and present danger' to critical infrastructure\n\nWeaponized agents could turn digital intrusions into kinetic disasters, experts warn\n\n-\noff-prem\n\n#### Rent-a-GPU outfit Nebius promises rapid 1 GW powerup plan isn't nebulous\n\nAnd it'll jump through every financial hoop it can to get there\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### Modular's Mojo programming language hits 1.0 milestone\n\nDevelopers await open source compiler release to dispel uncertainty following Qualcomm acquisition\n\n-\nOff-Prem\n\n#### Together AI embraces the competition with $240M IBM Cloud deal\n\nDeal to fund 'large' deployment of Nvidia's last-gen HGX B300 systems launching in Q1 2027\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks\n\nPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack\n\nPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n\n-\nBlack Hat and DEF CON\n\n#### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure\n\nVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis\n\nWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n\n-\nMalware Month\n\n#### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight\n\nOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another\n\nWord up\n\n-\n#### GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensions\n\nNew 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way\n\n-\n#### A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32\n\nNew Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15\n\n-\n#### Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites\n\nFlaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide\n\n-\n#### Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly\n\nJoins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan\n\n-\n#### Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it\n\nNext version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ditches-recall-style-screenshot-surveillance-for-friendly-keylogging", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/14/openai-ditches-recall-style-screenshot-surveillance-for-friendly-keylogging/5287618", "published_at": "2026-08-14 00:27:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-14 23:42:31.367624+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "ChatGPT", "The Register"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ditches-recall-style-screenshot-surveillance-for-friendly-keylogging", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ditches-recall-style-screenshot-surveillance-for-friendly-keylogging.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ditches-recall-style-screenshot-surveillance-for-friendly-keylogging.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ditches-recall-style-screenshot-surveillance-for-friendly-keylogging.jsonld"}}