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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’

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Published: Jun 20, 2026, 08:32 PMUpdated: Jun 21, 2026, 12:04 AM

"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.”

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’

"These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.”

Read the original report from TechCrunch AI.

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