Q&A with Proton CEO Andy Yen on Proton's story, dislodging "a hundred million people" from Google, AI backlash, privacy, US politics, EU Chat Control, and more (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
Proton's CEO is a champion of encryption for everyone. So why is he going all in on un-encryptable AI?
Andy Yen is the founder and CEO of Proton, a popular encryption-focused tech company. He attributes the increase in users to Proton's products, which are end-to-end encrypted versions of Google services like Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, and Meet. Proton is integrating AI into its tools, but in a way that preserves user privacy more than typical tech giants.
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