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

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

[ad_1] Asked about the privacy implications of chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude, Signal President Meredith Whittaker answered, “These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” Whittaker made those comments in a broader interview with Bloomberg about policy, privacy, and Signal. She acknowledged that she uses AI tools “to …

AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs through a BIOS update in July — TSME is coming back after ‘valuable community feedback’

AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs through a BIOS update in July — TSME is coming back after ‘valuable community feedback’

[ad_1] AMD has told Tom’s Hardware that it will reinstate Transparent Secure Memory Encryption (TSME) on desktop Ryzen 9000 processors in July (we have the full statement further below). The feature is branded as Memory Guard for AMD’s Ryzen PRO lineup, but it’s available on non-PRO CPUs, as well. Earlier this year, AMD quietly removed …