Roomba robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot said the sharing of images on social media recorded by special test versions of its devices was in violation of its agreements
(Picture: iRobot)Intimate images captured by robot vacuum cleaners during testing were shared on social media, according to a report. The sensitive photos included several images of a woman seated on the toilet with her shorts pulled down to her thighs. Another shows a child lying on the floor with his face clearly visible.
The pictures were among 15 screenshots taken from recordings made by special development versions of Roomba J7 series robot vacuum cleaners in 2020, which were obtained by MIT Technology Review. These images were reportedly shared on private groups on Facebook and chat app Discord by gig workers in countries such as Venezuela, whose job it is to label audio, photo and video data used to train artificial intelligence (AI).
