Stuff iRobot was up to BEFORE Amazon offered $1.7Bn to purchase them: Having their roombas take pictures of people in the bathroom and then using those pictures as AI training data.

So, sure, having Amazon own them'd be just STELLAR. 🙄

Very thankful for that FTC investigation, rn.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/19/1065306/roomba-irobot-robot-vacuums-artificial-intelligence-training-data-privacy/

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