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

# Signal's Leader Warns Against Getting Too Comfortable With AI Chatbots Signal's president is reminding people that AI chatbots like ChatGPT are just tools designed to seem friendly and helpful—not actual friends or thinking beings. Even though these chatbots can have convincing conversations, they don't understand you the way a real person does or have your best interests at heart. The warning matters because people are increasingly treating these systems as confidants, which could lead to over-sharing personal information or making decisions based on advice that isn't tailored to their real needs.