Topic: app popularity
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My Slippery Slope Into Sora's World
OpenAI's new Sora app enables users to create ten-second AI-generated videos from any concept, including digital cameos of people, and has quickly become a top free app on the Apple App Store. Public and internal reactions are mixed, with concerns about misinformation from hyper-realistic videos ...
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Get Paid $30/Day to Record Calls for AI: Is It Worth It?
Neon - Money Talks is a free app that pays users for recording their phone conversations, which are then sold as anonymized data to AI companies for training language models. The app records only calls made through it, with a tiered payment system offering up to 30 cents per minute, and includes ...
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Neon App Shut Down After Major Security Breach Exposes User Data
The Neon app, which paid users to record calls for AI data sales, was abruptly taken offline after a major security breach exposed all users' private call recordings, transcripts, and phone numbers. A critical vulnerability allowed any logged-in user to access others' sensitive data due to a lack...
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AI Chatbots Become Digital Priests for Millions Seeking Guidance
AI-driven spiritual chatbots are gaining widespread popularity, with apps like Bible Chat and Hallow attracting tens of millions of users by offering scriptural interpretation and personalized advice. These platforms provide 24/7 accessibility and convenience, allowing users to seek guidance priv...
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Google Gemini Soars as Nano Banana 3D Figurines Go Viral
Google Gemini's Nano Banana image editor has driven significant growth, allowing users to creatively transform photos into items like 3D figurines directly in the app. The tool's release led to 23 million new users in two weeks and over 500 million image edits, propelling Gemini to top app store ...
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Hank Green’s Focus Friend App Soars on App Store - Adorable & Effective
Focus Friend is a new productivity app by Hank Green that gamifies focus by linking user productivity to a virtual bean's knitting progress, rewarding success with in-game items like socks. The app has quickly risen to No. 4 among free apps on the App Store and No. 2 in productivity apps, l...
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