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Poaching Data, Little Dragon: Uncovering China's Secret War for Athlete Brainwaves

Poaching Data, Little Dragon: Uncovering China's Secret War for Athlete Brainwaves

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Superstars like Jannik Sinner and Mikaela Shiffrin wear a headset to train their minds and get in the zone. But a six-month investigation by Hunterbrook Media, in collaboration with PTFO, uncovered the technology's secret funding by entities linked to the Chinese government — plus partnerships with robotics companies helping to train super-soldiers of the future. Hunterbrook's Sam Koppelman examines the potential impact on AI, mind control, state surveillance, cognitive warfare... and one very surprised Super Bowl champion.


Read the full Hunterbrook investigation into BrainCo at hntrbrk.com/brainco or listen to the Hunterbrook podcast, The Hunt, wherever you get your podcasts.


(Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently produced by Meadowlark Media and distributed by The Athletic. The views, research and reporting expressed in this episode are solely those of Pablo Torre Finds Out and Hunterbrook Media and do not reflect the work or editorial input of The Athletic or its journalists.)

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