Proton is prioritizing AI development over user privacy by implementing software to track AI code generation among employees.

“In the last few months, Yen set up an email address for employees to contact if they come across anything blocking adoption of AI at Proton, so leadership can “ruthlessly smash everything that stands in the way of AI velocity;” Proton installed software on workers’ computers that track how much AI code the company is generating; and Yen said this is the last year that Proton will hire engineers at all, and instead only hire people to build things with AI.” Good lord I’m glad I never fell prey to Proton, which never in a million years gave me the vibes of a company that was actually serious about privacy/security, like ever.

I had planned to migrate to Proton from Google, but this is incredibly off putting. -- In the last few months, Yen set up an email address for employees to contact if they come across anything blocking adoption of AI at Proton, so leadership can “ruthlessly smash everything that stands in the way of AI velocity;” Proton installed software on workers’ computers that track how much AI code the company is generating; and Yen said this is the last year that Proton will hire engineers at all, and instead only hire people to build things with AI. https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/ #Privacy #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #GeneralNews