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Signal's Meredith Whittaker: AI Chatbots 'Are Not Your Friends'

Signal president Meredith Whittaker is warning users not to mistake AI chatbots for confidants, arguing the intimacy they simulate masks a surveillance-and-data business underneath. Her caution lands amid a boom in companion and assistant AI that increasingly positions itself as an emotional relationship.

Jun 20, 2026
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Signal's Meredith Whittaker Warns AI Chatbots 'Are Not Your Friends'

Signal president Meredith Whittaker is pushing back hard on the rise of companion-style AI, warning that chatbots designed to feel like friends are surveillance-driven products optimized for engagement, not your interests. Her argument lands as companion AI goes mainstream and regulators start to circle.

Jun 20, 2026