Duly Noted

The exposed panel included a list of people tasked with annotating Flock’s footage. Taking those names, 404 Media found some were located in the Philippines, according to their LinkedIn and other online profiles.

Many of these people were employed through Upwork, according to the exposed material. Upwork is a gig and freelance work platform where companies can hire designers and writers or pay for “AI services,” according to Upwork’s website.

I mean. this is the very dark side of AI. it relies heavily on outsourced labor.

_{Quote Citation: JOSEPH COX, “Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI | WIRED”, DEC 1, 2025 9:00 AM, https://www.wired.com/story/flock-uses-overseas-gig-workers-to-build-its-surveillance-ai/}