After coming out of nowhere, a viral new app that pays people to record their phone calls for the purpose of training AI has been yanked offline after a security flaw allegedly exposed user data. Neon founder Alex Kiam told Gizmodo in an email that the app’s servers are down while the team patches the vulnerability and conducts a security …
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Apple designed a ChatGPT-like app to help its engineers test the overhauled version of Siri, reports Bloomberg. Unfortunately, the Siri app isn’t going to be released to the public, and it’s strictly for internal testing. The app is being used to test new Siri features that Apple has planned, such as more contextual awareness, an ability to do more in …
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As Apple continues its work on a revamped version of Siri, a new report from Bloomberg today has details on the company’s testing process. Mark Gurman reports that Apple has developed a “ChatGPT-like app to help test and prepare” for the launch of the next-generation version of Siri. The report details that Apple doesn’t currently plan to launch the app …
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A new app that promises to pay people for recordings of their phone calls, which are then used to train AI models, has been disabled after a major security flaw was reported. Neon is still in the top 10 of iOS free app downloads, but after TechCrunch reported Thursday on a security flaw the news site found in the service, its …
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Apple Inc. has developed a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to help test and prepare for a long-anticipated overhaul of Siri coming next year, according to people familiar with the matter. The company’s AI division is using the app to quickly evaluate new features for Siri, Apple’s voice-powered assistant. That includes testing the ability to search through personal data, such as songs …
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Google today updated the 2.5 Flash model available in the Gemini app across three areas. All responses now benefit from improved organization and formatting, like the use of headers, lists, and tables. When asking for homework help (especially involving complex subjects), you’ll get “clearer explanations” thanks to improved reasoning capabilities. Meanwhile, image understanding now allows you to upload an “even …
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A viral app called Neon, which offers to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell that data to AI companies, has rapidly risen to the ranks of the top-five free iPhone apps since its launch last week. The app already has thousands of users and was downloaded 75,000 times yesterday alone, according to …
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A bizarre app that invites you to record and share your audio calls so that it can sell the data to AI companies has become the second most downloaded social app in the app store. Neon Mobile says that users can sell their privacy for hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year by allowing their audio conversations to be …
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A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably, the No. 2 app in Apple’s U.S. App Store’s Social Networking section. The app, Neon Mobile, pitches itself as a moneymaking tool offering “hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year” for access to …
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