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Jun 21, 2026TechCrunch AI
Signal's Whittaker: AI Chatbots Are 'Not Your Friends
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns that AI chatbots "are not your friends," lacking consciousness or sentience, and pose significant privacy risks. She critiques the vision of deeply integrated AI assistants, arguing their need for pervasive personal data access constitutes a "backdoor" for secure platforms like Signal.
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