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Over 100 million won was imposed on the company that developed the artificial intelligence AI chatbot'Iruda', which attracted great interest and stopped its service amid controversy. In the process of developing and operating a chatbot, 9.4 billion KakaoTalk conversation sentences of 600,000 users were collected and utilized without consent.



Reporter Kim Ki-tae's report.



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Iruda, an AI chatbot set up as a 20-year-old female college student, gained popularity because it can communicate like a real person.



However, sexual harassment remarks poured out toward Iruda, and controversy raised that the hatred toward minorities was contained in Iruda's words.



After learning the conversation between the couple, the problem became even bigger as the real person's name or address was exposed.



[Afflicted users: I think I'm very anxious that the part of conversation with my partner can be seen randomly to other people.] The



Personal Information Protection Committee imposed a fine and a fine of KRW 13.3 million for Scatter Lab, the developer of Iruda. I did.



ScatterLab used it to learn the algorithm of 9.4 billion KakaoTalk conversation sentences of 600,000 users of its app, and in this process, we did not receive clear consent and did not delete or encrypt personal information.



This included personal information of over 200,000 children under the age of 14.



Storing the results of the psychological test questionnaire regarding sexual orientation is also subject to the collection of sensitive information, and we have not received consent.



[Songsanghun / Privacy Commissioner investigate adjust Director: (I hope the opportunity) AI technology companies when access to personal information, and the Assistant to present the proper handling of personal information Direction companies going to strengthen the management and supervision themselves]



more Bowie stated the reason for the sanction, saying, "There is a risk that users may suffer unpredictable damage such as limited right to self-determination of personal information."



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Lee Hong-myeong)