Signal's Meredith Whittaker Cautions Against Trusting AI Chatbots, Labels Copilot Agents as Potential Security Risks

Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, cautions users that AI chatbots should not be viewed as friends or sentient beings. In a recent Bloomberg interview, she emphasized that these systems lack consciousness and cannot act as reliable conversational partners. Whittaker also raised concerns about Copilot agents, describing them as potential backdoors that could pose security risks.