With agentic AI embedded at the OS level, databases storing entire digital lives accessible to malware, tasks whose reliability quickly breaks down at each step, and being opted-in without consent, Signal leadership is sounding the alarm for the industry to pull back until threats can be mitigated.
Meanwhile, they just started publicizing their own e2e encrypted chatbot.
You’re mixing the Signal Foundation up with the original creator of Signal who has stepped down and is no longer involved… And is off…
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Building fucking AI bots apparently? Thank goodness he’s not involved with Signal anymore.
The Signal Foundation did? Or Moxie Marlonspike, who I don’t think is technically involved with them anymore? (Not calling you out, I’m not particularly sure of his status there anymore.)