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The Most Interesting Thing in AI
AI’s Threat to Privacy — Signal’s Meredith Whittaker with Nicholas Thompson
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AI agents can scour the internet for us, reply to our messages, and add events to our calendars. But in order to do so, they need sweeping access to our data. Handing that over presents an unprecedented threat to privacy, says Signal Foundation president Meredith Whittaker, who directs the Signal messaging app. In conversation with The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson, Whittaker discusses the risks of agentic AI, Signal’s approach to AI coding, and why it’s uncompromising in its commitment to protecting user data. This episode was recorded prior to Keir Starmer’s resignation announcement. (00:00) Introduction (02:52) AI’s threat to privacy (03:28) The end of the operating system as a safe…