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Even the AI assistant inside Russia's state-backed Max messenger tells users not to trust the app

Alisa, the AI assistant built into the Max messenger, has been telling users in chat conversations to install other apps instead — Telegram, Signal, or WhatsApp. The independent Russian news outlet Verstka noticed the pattern.

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Even the AI assistant inside Russia's state-backed Max messenger tells users not to trust the app

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WIRE — Alisa, the AI assistant built into the Max messenger, has been telling users in chat conversations to install other apps instead — Telegram, Signal, or WhatsApp. The independent Russian news outlet Verstka noticed the pattern.

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