Not a bad idea, only they are going to keep the wrong ones, the cheerleaders instead of the skeptics.
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I kinda wonder about this because I get asked about ai at interviews and I tend to give sort of a balance perspective. Saying they have uses but have limitations and thier output has to be reviewed and checked. I keep wondering if that is sinking me for positions among my other buerocratic red flags.
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“We need people who can translate AI’s capabilities into better products, stronger execution, and new ways of working — and who approach this change with curiosity, judgment, and urgency,” the email reads.
What a flaming pile of shit.
- How to effectively use AI is still being figured out. This is akin to "We only hire lucky people".
- Management clearly is fucking stupid.
- Isn't the CEO fascist?
Yeah exactly. What I read here is 'if you're vibe coding all your shit and can spout off a bunch of AI workflow buzzwords you can keep your job or get promoted if not you're probably getting canned'
This is a great time for Tuta take a hard no AI stance
The more proton news i read, the less I want to renew my subscription when it expires.
Im happy i demanded a refund of an entire year when yen came out as trumposexual
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Oh c'mon. Enshittification this fast.
I don't wanna move all that shit.
That’s not enshittification; enshittification is (to simplify) making a product worse to increase profitability.
In this case the CEO is conducting loyalty tests. It’s more of an HR issue. Groupthink.
Cramping AI into everything, including your “privacy” product, is enshittification.
It’s just not really in the same form as capturing market share and then paywalling your captive market to achieve rent seeking.
In this case you aren’t capturing rent you are capturing profiles, which in turn you will rent out to marketers.
Proton will betray everyone. I’m glad I stayed away.
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Oh lovely, time to move all of my stuff over to something else
That blows. I was genuinely looking into proton after the news that Google will use their shitty AI to scan Gmail. Fuck that.
Like is nothing private anymore? Soon in Europe all your chats will be monitored, email monitored, ID verification, age verification.
Fuck this new internet.
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I used to be curious about switching to proton
I was literally about to do it when that one Proton exec started sucking off Trump on Twitter, and then I changed my mind.
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Typical Proton L
Proton, the company behind ProtonMail and other privacy-focused products, told staff on Monday it would be ‘re-interviewing’ staff across the company about how they use AI in their jobs, with the implication that the interviews may decide whether staffers have “continued employment,” according to an internal Proton email obtained by 404 Media.
“These re-interviews are consequential,” a part of the email reads. “Interviewers will document their assessments, which will inform the broader review of our organization and talent. That review may lead to changes in roles, responsibilities, and continued employment. Individual outcomes will be communicated directly once decisions are finalized.”
Proton’s CEO Andy Yen has steadily pushed the company towards more AI use, including launching AI centered products like Lumo, a privacy-focused chatbot. The leaked email says Yen “interviewed more than 40 senior leaders across Engineering and Product to begin this process.” Now, those interviews are extending across the company.
“We need people who can translate AI’s capabilities into better products, stronger execution, and new ways of working — and who approach this change with curiosity, judgment, and urgency,” the email reads.
The email says that not everyone in the company will be re-interviewed, and “any decisions affecting your employment will be communicated separately.” The interviewer will be outside the staff member’s team and reporting line; instead, people may be interviewed by someone from “a pool of leaders who demonstrate strong AI capability and have aligned on the assessment criteria.”
“We recognize that this process creates uncertainty. We will be clear about what has been decided and what remains open, and communicate individual outcomes as soon as we can,” the email adds. It says the re-interviews will take place between November 4 and 11.
Proton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.