- A Roomba robot vacuum captured intimate images, including a woman on the toilet, during development testing in 2020.
- These images were sent to Scale AI for data annotation and later leaked by gig workers in Venezuela on social media.
- iRobot confirmed the images came from modified development devices, not consumer products, with consent from paid collectors.
- Data annotation involves human workers globally labeling images for AI training, creating privacy risks in the supply chain.