Moxie Marlinspike Has a Privacy-Conscious Alternative to ChatGPT
Privacy-first AI chatbot Confer offers a secure, ad-free ChatGPT alternative—no data collection, no training on your chats.
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Moxie Marlinspike Has a Privacy-Conscious Alternative to ChatGPT
Privacy-First AI Chatbot Confer Launches as ChatGPT Alternative What if you could use an AI assistant without worrying your private thoughts are being stored, analyzed, or sold? That’s the promise of Confer , a new privacy-focused AI chatbot launched in December 2025 by Moxie Marlinspike—the same cryptographer who built Signal into the gold standard for secure messaging. Designed to mimic the user experience of popular tools like ChatGPT, Confer takes a radically different approach under the hood: it ensures your conversations stay yours alone, with zero data retention, no model training on your inputs, and no hidden tracking. Credit: Google As AI assistants become more embedded in daily life—from drafting emails to offering mental health support—concerns about data privacy have intensified. With reports that major AI platforms may soon integrate advertising, the idea of confidential chats being monetized feels increasingly real. Confer arrives at a critical moment, offering a technically…
