Topic: data monetization

  • Neon App Pays Users to Record Calls & Sells Data to AI

    Neon App Pays Users to Record Calls & Sells Data to AI

    Neon Mobile, an app that pays users to record their phone calls and sells the audio to AI companies, has rapidly risen to the number two spot in the U.S. Apple App Store's Social Networking category. The app records only the user's side of conversations unless both parties are Neon users, a strat...

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  • The All-Access AI Agent Era Has Arrived

    The All-Access AI Agent Era Has Arrived

    The rise of all-access AI agents requires deep integration into operating systems and personal files, raising significant cybersecurity and privacy concerns due to centralized, sensitive data. These autonomous agents function by accessing broad data sources like emails and calendars to perform ta...

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  • Reddit Celebrates 20 Years with Major AI Push

    Reddit Celebrates 20 Years with Major AI Push

    Reddit celebrates 20 years by integrating AI to enhance user discussions while maintaining human-driven interactions, emphasizing trust and authenticity. The platform uses AI for features like Reddit Answers and content moderation, while protecting its data through licensing deals and legal a...

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  • Chrome Extensions Stole ChatGPT & DeepSeek Data from 900K Users

    Chrome Extensions Stole ChatGPT & DeepSeek Data from 900K Users

    Malicious Chrome extensions, posing as legitimate AI tools, stole private conversations and browsing data from over 900,000 users by secretly sending information to attacker-controlled servers. The stolen data, which can include proprietary business information and personal queries, poses a sever...

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  • Target Employees Verify Leaked Source Code Is Real

    Target Employees Verify Leaked Source Code Is Real

    The leaked source code and technical documentation are confirmed as authentic by Target employees, elevating the incident from a claim to a verified data exposure with security risks. Target has implemented an emergency security change, restricting access to its internal code repository to corpor...

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