Startup Scatter Lab, which has been investigated by the government due to controversy over the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’Iruda’, announced on the 11th that it will temporarily suspend its’Iruda’ service./Photo = Iruda Facebook capture
Victims claiming that personal information was leaked in the process of developing and servicing artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’Achieved’ began a full-scale class action suit.
According to the information technology (IT) industry on the 22nd, about 340 people will take part in the class suit for the’Iruda personal information leakage damage case’ first. On the lawsuit recruitment page of the joint lawsuit platform’Angry People’, 341 people completed the application as of 7:30 am on the day.
Law Firm Taerim, the legal representative of the lawsuit, said, “First of all, the application will be closed and additional recruitment will be considered later.” The victim’s side submitted an application for preservation of evidence against Scatterlab in the Seoul Eastern District Law the day before.
They asked the court for judgment that Scatter Lab should preserve the database (DB) built by users’ KakaoTalk conversation as evidence of this case.
Scatter Lab collected KakaoTalk conversations of users with’The Science of Love’ and’Text@’, a love analysis app, and created an AI chatbot’Achieve’. After collecting about 10 billion KakaoTalk conversations, 100 million of them were collected and used as Eruda’s DB. The victims’ side applied for preservation of 10 billion original KakaoTalk DBs and 100 million Eruda DBs as evidence.
Scatter Lab is currently under investigation by the Personal Information Protection Committee regarding the suspicion of personal information leakage, and has announced that it will destroy the deep learning model and 100 million Eruda DBs after the investigation.
The victim’s hastily filed an application for preservation of evidence because it was judged that it would be difficult to prove the damage in the future if Scatterlab damages or destroys the DB. Applications for preservation of evidence are usually made by the court within a week or so. However, in this case, similar precedents are rare, so there is a possibility that the judge will hold an interrogation date to hear the Scatter Lab position.
The victim’s side is currently appealing for personal information damage and prevention and compensation for damage. One user who used the science of love said, “It’s an app I’ve been having since 2016, until I changed my phone several times, and I’m really trembling with the feeling of betrayal,” he said, “I’m paying my money and selling my information.” Another user responded, saying, “It’s really shocking that I only thought about personal privacy this much,” and “It’s really disappointing to cope with the rough apology.”
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