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   Proton Cancels AI-Use Re-Interviews but Keeps Its AI Push

   Proton CEO Andy Yen cancelled nearly company-wide re-interviews about employees’ AI use after internal concerns became public, according to 404 Media. Yen acknowledged a communication failure but said Proton would continue pushing AI, while CTO Bart Butler said this would not mean abandoning security or sound engineering principles. Employee reactions were divided, and some said AI adoption would still factor into performance reviews.

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   Proton Pushes AI-First Engineering and Re-Interviews Staff

   Proton is aggressively expanding its use of AI in software development, with CEO Andy Yen urging engineers to use AI more and tracking how much AI generates in company code. The Next Web, citing 404 Media's investigation, says AI wrote 90% of Proton's code in October according to CTO Bart Butler, while employees said much of it was produced with Anthropic's Claude. Proton is also re-interviewing employees about workplace AI use, with assessments potentially affecting roles and continued employment, although the company says it is not conducting layoffs and wants to identify workers who need more support.

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