Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: Why AI Chatbots Shouldn’t Be Considered Your Friends

In an interview with Bloomberg, Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, made a clear statement regarding the nature of AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude. She emphasized that these tools should not be perceived as friends, describing them as neither conscious nor sentient beings. Whittaker pointed out, "These are not your friends. These are not conscious […]

Meredith Whittaker of Signal Criticizes Anti-Encryption Efforts as ‘Parochial, Magical Thinking’

AI is “not open in any sense,” the battle over encryption is far from won, and Signal’s principled (and uncompromising) approach may complicate interoperability efforts, warned the company’s president, Meredith Whittaker. But it’s not all bad news. (Actually, it is all bad news, because I wrote up the good news separately.) Speaking onstage with me […]