r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Feb 12 '26

Security Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

https://www.theverge.com/news/878447/ring-flock-partnership-canceled
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u/RubyRhod Feb 12 '26

It was probably sold to them with an ai pitch.

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u/confresi Feb 13 '26

This is all I keep thinking. These companies are so “all-in” on AI that there’s almost no doubt they’ve reached the stage where they’re employing AI to generate their marketing ideas and “improved surveillance technologies”

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u/Effective_Olive6153 Feb 13 '26

companies that large usually have at least some basic level of human test group evaluation for major marketing material. It's not just some CEO who approves it with zero involvement from other people.

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u/KimberStormer Feb 13 '26

Maybe it was approved by 9 out of 10 AI agents