Apple's new Audio Intelligence raises privacy concerns

A Trusted Reviews review criticizes Live Rewind and Siri Recap in Audio Intelligence on Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4: the watch records fragments of conversations and creates AI summaries stored for up to 7 days. Apple says audio is not stored, with encryption and a sound signal on activation, but responsibility for bystanders' privacy falls on the watch owner.

• Live Rewind shows text of the last 15 seconds on double-press of the Digital Crown
• Siri Recap creates AI summaries of the day's conversations and stores them up to 7 days
• Apple: audio is not recorded or stored, end-to-end encryption is used
• Live Rewind fragments disappear 30 seconds after the screen dims