The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images Tech stocks sold off on Friday amid mounting concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence infrastructure. SoftBank Group, which plunged more than 12%, led losses across the region after the…
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 format…
Robert Triggs / Android Authority When WhatsApp changed its terms in 2021, I was one of the many users who looked for alternative messaging apps for Android. While I had heard about Signal before, the controversial move by WhatsApp prompted me to actually try the app out. I loved it then and I still love…
Aidan Gomez, the co-founder and CEO of generative AI startup Cohere, has joined the board of EV maker Rivian, according to a regulatory filing. The appointment is the latest sign that Rivian sees promises in applying AI to its own venture while positioning itself as a software leader — and even provider — within the…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Marjorie Taylor Greene snapped at a British journalist questioning her over leaked Signal messages, telling her in an angry outburst: “Why don’t you…
Shorouk Express Why the Signal chat leak might have exposed a big legal problem for Trump administration The stunning revelation that The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief was inadvertently added to a group chat detailing recent airstrikes in Yemen has called into question the U.S. government’s ability to safeguard sensitive information and has exposed a potentially big legal…
