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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker says AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ and calls Copilot agents a backdoor

The Next WebPublished Jun 21, 2026

Meredith Whittaker, a Signal executive, warns that AI chatbots should not be trusted as friends and criticizes Microsoft's Copilot agents, suggesting they act as a backdoor for data access.

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