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President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 6 days
"We've had specifications falling on the floor but no one is dealing with funding. That's the myth of tech being down to genius instead of down to paying for infrastructure." - @meredithmeredith.bsky.social 🔥
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Tech has become essential to democracy and @meredithmeredith.bsky.social is rocking that bridge at #DemocracyDrinks.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 5 days
Honoured for @defenddemocracy.bsky.social to be joined by @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, one of the smartest women in tech! Plus around 75 very smart people in the audience who participated in this great exchange by asking good questions! #DefendDemocracy defenddemocracy.eu/projects/dem...
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 15 days
So I hear!
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 15 days
True
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 16 days
if there is one survival skill I would REALLY like everyone opposed to the fascist GOP to learn right now, it's "do not say things on the public internet that will provide authorities with useful pretenses for coming after you."
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what i am saying is "don't say dumb things on the public internet that could theoretically be used to give authorities an excuse to fuck with you"
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 15 days
It's true, us bitches do
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All us bitches need Signal
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James Neal @james3neal.bsky.social · 1 mo
"‘You cannot do mass surveillance privately, full stop’: Signal boss hits out at government encryption-busting moves" @meredithmeredith.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
‘You cannot do mass surveillance privately, full stop’: Signal boss hits out at government encryption-busting moveswww.theguardian.com A ‘legitimate grievance’ with big tech firms is being used by police as a pretext to undermine privacy, Meredith Whittaker says
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 1 mo
Statement @meredithmeredith.bsky.social: The new EU #ChatControl proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding. Whether you call it backdoor, front door or “upload moderation”: it undermines encryption and creates significant vulnerabilities. signal.org/blog/pdfs/up...
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 1 mo
Spoke to Signal president @meredithmeredith.bsky.social about governments using the backlash against Meta etc as a pretext to try to bring in mass surveillance www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
‘You cannot do mass surveillance privately, full stop’: Signal boss hits out at government encryption-busting moveswww.theguardian.com A ‘legitimate grievance’ with big tech firms is being used by police as a pretext to undermine privacy, Meredith Whittaker says
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.bsky.social · 1 mo
“It costs hundreds of millions of dollars to train these models…So there is deep pressure from companies — that are basically promising God and delivering email prompts — to make some return on investment in this technology."
Signal's Meredith Whittaker sees AI as another big data grabwww.axios.com The "surveillance business model" is using AI to expand its reach, the privacy expert says.
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Attac Norge @attacnorge.bsky.social · 1 mo
Årets prisvinner av Helmut Schmidts Fremtidspris er Meredith Whittaker, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, leder av @signal.bsky.social. Attac Norge har fått lov å publisere takketalen hennes på norsk.
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 1 mo
What are the Franchise Wars?
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aerique @aerique.bsky.social · 2 mo
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social on #Nostr about the EU's next attempt at #ChatControl.
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Cedr\c @paparasitic.com · 2 mo
Meredith Whittaker, présidente de Signal : « L’IA concentre le pouvoir dans les mains des géants de la tech » https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2024/05/23/meredith-whittaker-presidente-de-signal-l-ia-concentre-le-pouvoir-dans-les-mains-des-geants-de-la-tech_6235109_4408996.html
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Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social · 2 mo
"The current AI craze is a result of this toxic surveillance business model. It is not due to novel scientific approaches that…fundamentally shifted a paradigm." @meredithmeredith.bsky.social: www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/de...
Die Rede der Zukunftspreisträgerinwww.helmut-schmidt.de Meredith Whittaker warnt in ihrer Rede vor der Macht der Techindustrie und erklärt, warum es sich gerade jetzt lohnt, positiv zu denken.
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mav @mav.wtf · 2 mo
catching up on this interview with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social feels timely considering how my yesterday went techcrunch.com/2024/05/24/s...
Signal's Meredith Whittaker on the Telegram security clash and the 'edge lords' at OpenAI  | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Among other things, Whittaker is concerned about the concentration of power in the five main social media platforms.
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mav @mav.wtf · 2 mo
"I don’t think we can have a conversation about disinformation without having a conversation about the role of massive homogenous platforms that have cannibalized our media ecosystem and our information ecosystem in service of profit and growth for a handful of companies." goddam right
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 2 mo
Signal’s @meredithmeredith.bsky.social with an excellent response to tech bros complaining that regulation impedes innovation. techcrunch.com/2024/05/24/s...
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Mathilde Saliou @mathildesaliou.com · 2 mo
Dans Next, ce matin, on parle intelligence artificielle, surveillance de masse et lutte pour la protection de la vie privée avec @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, présidente de @signal.bsky.social et co-fondatrice de l'AI Now Institute : next.ink/138390/mered...
Meredith Whittaker (Signal) : « L’IA est un outil des puissants contre ceux qui ont moins de pouvoir » - Nextnext.ink Next s'est entretenu avec la présidente de la fondation Signal, co-fondatrice de l’AI Now Institute et ancienne de Google Meredith Whittaker.
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2 mo
Last week I had the honor of accepting the 2024 Helmut Schmidt Future Prize Instead of a traditional speech, I gave this talk on the history of AI, the business of surveillance, & why the use of AI "ad targeting for killing" in Gaza should be illegal👇 www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/de...
Die Rede der Zukunftspreisträgerinwww.helmut-schmidt.de Meredith Whittaker warnt in ihrer Rede vor der Macht der Techindustrie und erklärt, warum es sich gerade jetzt lohnt, positiv zu denken.
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2 mo
No, they cheered
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2 mo
Last week I had the honor of accepting the 2024 Helmut Schmidt Future Prize Instead of a traditional speech, I gave this talk on the history of AI, the business of surveillance, & why the use of AI "ad targeting for killing" in Gaza should be illegal👇 www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/de...
Die Rede der Zukunftspreisträgerinwww.helmut-schmidt.de Meredith Whittaker warnt in ihrer Rede vor der Macht der Techindustrie und erklärt, warum es sich gerade jetzt lohnt, positiv zu denken.
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Andrea @andrea.tryste.ro · 2 mo
RT @meredithmeredith.bsky.social from the bad place:
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Signal News und Tipps @signalappde.bsky.social · 2 mo
Great podcast interview from @meredithmeredith.bsky.social with @fm4.bsky.social on privacy, AI and race between the U.S. and China for supremacy in artificial intelligence 👍👍👍 sound.orf.at/podcast/fm4/...
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epicenter.works @epicenterworks.bsky.social · 2 mo
„Signal“ Chefin @meredithmeredith.bsky.social sieht in der vom Innenministerium geforderten Messengerüberwachung klar eine Massengefährdung und warnt 🇦🇹 Behörden: Öffnen wir Systeme von Handys, Computern & Co für Regierungen, stehen sie auch Terroristen offen #Bundestrojaner on.orf.at/video/142259...
"Signal"-Chefin warnt vor Überwachung - ZIB 2 vom 12.05.2024on.orf.at Meredith Whittaker, die Präsidentin der Signal Foundation, spricht über die Pläne des Innenministeriums zur Messengerüberwachung und äußert Kritik am KI-Hype. Hinweis der Redaktion: Die Langfassung d...
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CaffeineIsLife @caffeineislife.bsky.social · 2 mo
Let's clear some stuff up about these Signal rumors, some of which are coming from the CEO of Telegram.🙄@matthewdgreen.bsky.social did a good extensive thread about it on Xitter. #CyberSecurity @meredithmeredith.bsky.social @0x0.boo twitter.com/matthew_d_gr...
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Christian Fomm @fomm.eu · 2 mo
A very interesting interview (austria TV) with Signal Messengers president @meredithmeredith.bsky.social Also, there is always the danger for sensitive data to be stolen by insiders in security agencies and fall into the wrong hands. Either we have good encryption or none at all.
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Sehr interessantes Interview mit der Chefin des Signal-Messengers: on.orf.at/video/142262...
"ZIB 2"-Langfassung: "Signal"-Chefin zu Messenger-Überwachungon.orf.at Meredith Whittaker, die Präsidentin der Signal Foundation, spricht über die Pläne des Innenministeriums zur Messengerüberwachung und äußert Kritik am KI-Hype.
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boterham @czarch.bsky.social · 2 mo
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social does a great job in explaining Signal's position as it relates to the Austrian's govt's demand for more monitoring, and why the concept is dangerous for everyone, even the govt asking for it. Her take on "big tech" and AI is 😗🤌 as well. #Österreich #signal #Austria
"ZIB 2"-Langfassung: "Signal"-Chefin zu Messenger-Überwachungon.orf.at Meredith Whittaker, die Präsidentin der Signal Foundation, spricht über die Pläne des Innenministeriums zur Messengerüberwachung und äußert Kritik am KI-Hype.
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Benedikt Marschütz 🇪🇺 @msbos182.bsky.social · 2 mo
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social great interview in the weekly @falter.at ! www.falter.at/zeitung/2024...
„Signal“-Chefin Meredith Whittaker: Die Frau, die Big Tech entmachten willwww.falter.at Tech-Rebellin fordert im FALTER-Interview ein Recht auf private Kommunikation im Internet: „Verschlüsselung funktioniert entweder für alle oder für niemanden.“
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2 mo
Thank you!