Proton apologizes to community after internal memo shows force behind proposed AI use in building its privacy products

• Proton says it will not ‘re-interview’ some employees about how they use AI.
• The company promises "use of AI will never be at the expense of security".
• Proton CTO publishes internal AI manifesto on company blog.

Privacy-first software provider Proton appears to have rolled back on a decision to re-interview staff members about their AI use, after admitting that it hadn't "lived up to the high standard you ought to hold us to" in an announcement on social media.

The Swiss-based company outlined three promises to its community, which includes users of Proton Mail and Proton VPN, in a reaction to the leaked story that AI will be forced through the company with threats of job losses should staff not comply.

Alongside stating that it would not, in fact, re-interview staff and that there would be no AI-use related job losses, Proton also promised that its "use of AI...

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