Alpha School students reportedly made to do unpaid cleaning work, complaining means failing
benjaminjriley · x · 2026-09-08
Reporter benjaminjriley reports that Alpha School, the AI-focused school co-founded by MacKenzie Price, requires boot-camp students to do unpaid labor cleaning restaurant kitchens and gas-station bathrooms, audio-recording themselves as they work — complaining means failing. At least one student has raised concerns about the activities directly with Price.
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