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Chatbot Lee Luda brings ethical concerns around AI
Jan 13, 2021, 09:30 am
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot “Lee Luda”. Scatter Lab has suspended its service on Jan. 11, 2021.
AsiaToday probationary reporter Kim Ye-seul
A social media-based artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot named “Lee Luda” has been suspended Monday after stirring a series of controversies, raising a new topic of conversation in our society regarding technological advancement and AI ethics.
In a statement on Monday, local startup developer Scatter Lab apologized for the controversy involving the chatbot, saying they would bring back the service after upgrading the program to prevent a recurrence. Designed to mimic a 20-year-old woman, the chatbot has become a subject of controversy with its discriminatory remarks against homosexuals, the disabled, women and others in its conversation with users.