(S+) Head of the Chat App Signal Meredith Whittaker: »with Ai Is Definitely More Appearance than Being«

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Meredith Whittaker, head of the chat app Signal, which is considered to be particularly data-saving, critically sees the boom in artificial intelligence as warning against a bubble and of significant risks to users' privacy.

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"We fear that AI agents could soon make it impossible for us to continue to guarantee the security of signal at the app level." The head of the Messenger app Signal, Meredith Whittaker, warns in the "mirror" interview that AI agents are "an existential danger to IT security and privacy of all of us". Signal will not develop AI, they see "a much too big hype" around the topic. mirror.de (€) (Photo: IMAGO / Imagn Images)

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The head of the encrypted news app Signal, Meredith Whittaker, speaks of “far too much hype” with regard to the latest developments and company valuations relating to artificial intelligence. When asked whether she thought it was a bubble, she told the “Spiegel”: “I think so.” The motto in the industry is currently “more appearance than being.” The president of the foundation, which runs the messenger service Signal, is also co-founder of the “A…