• Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts: 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.
• Google partners with UK nonprofit to detect and remove nonconsensual intimate images from Search: Google is partnering with the U.K. nonprofit StopNCII to bolster its efforts at combating the spread of nonconsensual intimate images.
• Australia thinks GitHub is as risky for kids as TikTok: GitHub, along with several other platforms, might be damaging to kids, according to Australia’s watchdog. The commission is investigating which companies will need to comply with age restrictions coming into effect in December.
• DHS has been collecting US citizens’ DNA for years: Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens - some as young as 14 - into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality.
• OpenAI’s teen safety features will walk a thin line: CEO Sam Altman announced an age-prediction system and new parental controls in a blog post on Tuesday.