在遭遇员工与用户强烈反对后，Proton首席执行官Andy Yen宣布取消原计划对几乎全体员工进行的“重新面试”。1这一举措旨在评估员工使用人工智能的情况，未达标者可能面临解雇。1该决定是在媒体调查揭露Yen无视安全顾虑、强制要求工程师快速通过AI生成代码导致信任危机后做出的，相关报道发布于周四，而取消决定于周五正式公布。1此前泄露的内部消息显示，Yen曾命令员工停止精心手工制作代码并更多使用AI，还将不进行渗透测试的想法斥为“垃圾和失败者的思维”。1尽管取消了面试环节，Yen表示将继续推动公司的AI战略，并强调AI将被纳入绩效评估的一部分。1
Proton首席技术官Bart Butler承认公司在推行政策时犯了错误，称“我们搞砸了”，并在一份AI宣言中警告不拥抱AI将对公司使命构成“存在性威胁”。1Yen承诺将在下个月进行组织架构调整，但明确表示不会因AI因素裁减工作岗位。1事件引发了剧烈的用户反应，许多人在社交媒体上批评领导层并要求Yen辞职，大量用户随之取消付费服务，Yen在Reddit上的回应甚至被踩超过1200次。1值得注意的是，Proton由Proton Foundation拥有，其董事会成员包括Tim Berners-Lee教授等知名人物。1
Proton CEO Andy Yen has cancelled company-wide "re-interviews" designed to assess employees' use of artificial intelligence and potentially terminate those who failed to meet adoption standards 1. The decision was announced on Friday, the day after a Thursday investigative report by 404 Media exposed internal directives that pressured engineers to rapidly integrate AI-generated code while disregarding security concerns 1. Leaked communications revealed that Yen had previously dismissed ideas against penetration testing as "garbage and loser mentality" and ordered staff to stop meticulously hand-crafting code in favor of increased AI usage 1.
The aggressive push for AI integration triggered significant backlash from both employees and users, with many demanding Yen's resignation and canceling paid subscriptions 1. A Reddit response from Yen garnered over 1,200 downvotes, reflecting the depth of user discontent 1. In an AI manifesto, Proton CTO Bart Butler acknowledged the company's missteps, stating, "We messed up, we know we messed up," while warning that failing to embrace AI posed an "existential threat" to the organization's mission 1. Although the mandatory interviews are being scrapped, Yen affirmed that AI remains central to the company’s strategy and will be incorporated into performance evaluations 1. He announced plans for organizational changes next month but promised there would be no job losses specifically due to AI adoption 1. Proton, owned by the Proton Foundation with board members including Professor Tim Berners-Lee, faces ongoing trust challenges following these events 1.
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