Podcast: Flock Used Cameras at a Children’s Gymnastics Center for a Sales Pitch

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Podcast # Podcast: Flock Used Cameras at a Children’s Gymnastics Center for a Sales Pitch

· May 6, 2026 at 11:10 AM

A Flock sales pitch; a retracted paper on ChatGPT; and Chinese interference in RightsCon.

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This week we start with Jason's story about Flock accessing cameras in a children's gymnastics room as a sale pitch demo. After the break, Emanuel tells us why _Nature_ retracted a paper about the alleged benefits of ChatGPT in education. In the subscibers-only section, we talk all about the cancellation of RightsCon after pressure from the Chinese government.

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