An app called Neon shot to Apple’s top-five apps with a simple pitch: Everyone’s already making money off your data, why not you?

Launched just last week, Neon promises to turn your everyday phone calls into a passive-income side hustle, all while claiming to keep things simple and above board.

Let’s break it down:

And then came the plot twist: a security flaw was exposed by TechCrunch that let anyone access other users’ call recordings, transcripts, and even phone numbers. The app went dark almost as fast as it went viral.

The bigger story? We might be getting numb to the whole “your data isn’t really yours” concept. After years of AI home assistants, smart fitness trackers and “free” apps monetizing our lives, it’s easy to grow numb to having your data collected and passed around. The idea of finally profiting off your own data, trading privacy for a paycheck, does have some appeal.

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Meta is declaring war on swipe fatigue by giving Facebook Dating an AI glow-up. Now you can ask the service to find you “a Brooklyn girl in tech” (their example) or let it surprise you each week with a “Meet Cute” match, tailored specifically for you based on your profile. It’s Meta’s bid to keep up with Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble, who’ve already gone full AI with features that pick your best photos and polish your profile.

The UK used AI to recover nearly £500 million in fraud, the most ever reclaimed in a year. Much of it came from Covid-era scams, like fake companies taking Bounce Back Loans and disappearing. The tool behind it, the Fraud Risk Assessment Accelerator, can even scan policies for loopholes before scammers strike. The UK now plans to license it to countries like the US and Australia—because nothing says “well, well, well, what’s all this then?” quite like an AI-powered Bobby busting fraudsters saying, “Oi, gov, it’s just a small business loan, innit?”

A Harvard Business Review report finds that the explosion of workplace AI hasn’t delivered the ROI leaders hoped for because too much output is “workslop,” slick-looking content that can waste time instead of saving it. After surveying 1,150 U.S. employees, researchers found this AI busywork costs companies millions in lost productivity and frays team trust, but say leaders can flip the script by teaching teams when AI adds real value and when it just adds noise. Don’t be the one serving up slop for the whole office to clean!

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Ever wish you could turn “vibe: focused mornings, unplugged weekends, clean desk energy, forest walks” into an actual mood board, without spending hours scrolling Pinterest?

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