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

Chatbots like Grok and Claude are making dating a little less painless.

AI chatbot adoption's rapid growth signals potential regulatory challenges and opportunities in privacy tech, with significant market shifts ahead. The post Pew Research finds 49% of US adults now use AI chatbots appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Canada's legislation could reshape tech industry norms, prompting global shifts in digital safety standards and AI regulation compliance. The post Canada introduces legislation to ban social media for children under 16, regulate AI chatbots appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Signal's potential UK exit highlights the global tension between privacy rights and government surveillance, impacting digital privacy norms. The post Signal president warns of potential UK exit over surveillance concerns appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Signal's potential UK exit underscores the global tension between privacy rights and government surveillance, impacting digital privacy norms. The post Signal threatens to withdraw from UK over encryption backdoor proposals appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Bitcoin is holding above $62,000 after the massive drop that defined last week’s market action and erased months of recovery progress in a matter of days. The price is stabilizing — but analyst MorenoDV has published a demand analysis that places the current market conditions in a historical context that makes the stability feel considerably more fragile than the held price level suggests. Related Reading: XRP Just Printed A Rare Binance Signal As Market Volatility Accelerates Bitcoin demand has entered one of its most extreme contraction regimes since 2019. The 30-day growth of combined spot and perpetual futures demand has fallen toward -650,000 BTC — a threshold that has been reached only three times across the chart’s entire history. The rarity of the reading is the first signal that the current environment is not a routine demand slowdown but something structurally more severe. The architecture of the contraction is what makes MorenoDV’s analysis particularly significant. Spot dem

The EU has ordered Meta to grant rival AI chatbots free access to its WhatsApp platform within five working days, while it completes its antitrust investigation into the company. Meta says it will appeal, accusing the EU of 'regulatory overreach'. Meanwhile, Brussels hit back at Apple after the iPhone maker blamed the EU's Digital Marketing Act for its decision to delay the rollout of its new Siri AI in Europe.

The EU's order could reshape the competitive landscape, empowering smaller AI firms and challenging Meta's dominance in messaging services. The post Meta must grant rival AI chatbots access to WhatsApp within five days, EU orders appeared first on Crypto Briefing.