Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: AI chatbots aren’t your friends, and Copilot agents are a backdoor
In a Bloomberg interview, the Signal president draws hard lines on trust, sentience, and Microsoft-style agent access.

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In a Bloomberg interview, the Signal president draws hard lines on trust, sentience, and Microsoft-style agent access.
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