Microsoft’s AI Photo Sorting: The Good, the Bad, and the Screenshot Clutter
Microsoft’s new AI-powered Auto-Categorization in Microsoft Photos is like a personal assistant for your photo chaos. It’s limited to sorting screenshots, receipts, identity documents, and notes, but hey, baby steps! Now, instead of scrolling through a sea of selfies, you can instantly find those receipts you meant to expense three months ago.

Hot Take:
Microsoft’s new AI-powered photo categorizer is here to save us from the abyss of photo clutter. Finally, a tool that knows the difference between your grocery receipt and your dog’s vaccination record! It’s like having a personal assistant who never gets bored of your endless photo album of receipts and notes. Move over, Marie Kondo; there’s a new organizer in town, and it’s powered by AI!
Key Points:
- Microsoft Photos introduces Auto-Categorization, an AI feature for Windows 11.
- It categorizes images like screenshots, receipts, identity documents, and notes.
- The AI is language-agnostic and sorts photos into folders based on content.
- Users can manually adjust categories and provide feedback for accuracy improvement.
- Additional AI features, like super resolution and dynamic lighting, are being tested.
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