Apple is bringing some its most ambitious AI capabilities to its products. As AI becomes increasingly woven into daily life, questions over privacy are likely to follow. On this episode of the Power On podcast, @markgurman and @vladsavov discuss privacy implications of new always-listening Apple Watch features. Listen at or watch at

Apple’s new watches are coming with a new feature that turns them into mass surveillance devices This new feature will can provide you with AI summaries of every conversation you've had in the day The watch’s mic listens for speech, it decides whether a conversation is happening, then audio gets deciphered, then Apple Intelligence model produces a title + summary + key points in the conversation The issue here is people you are taking with might be wearing this watch and you’ll never know it’s recording everything you say Apple says the recordings aren’t stored and the speech it’s capturing won’t be accessible to anyone, including Apple. But who really believes this can’t be exploited….. This turns Apple Watches into recording devices you’ll never even know are recording This new feature will be on Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4