Signal's Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally 'a surveillance technology'

narwhal ( @narwhal@lemmy.ml )

Privacy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

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Signal's Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally 'a surveillance technology'

narwhal ( @narwhal@lemmy.ml )

Privacy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

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Signal's Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally 'a surveillance technology' | TechCrunch

Why is it that so many companies that rely on monetizing the data of their users seem to be extremely hot on AI? If you ask Signal president Meredith

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By that reasoning, every personal data collecting business is a surveillance technology. Not that I disagree, mind.

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