Scale AI于10月28日驳回了在四个欧洲国家针对其提出的隐私投诉，称这些指控毫无根据，并表示其平台的做法已向工人披露并需要其同意。
Scale AI rejects claims it illegally surveils AI-training workers Scale AI on Oct 28 rejected the privacy complaints filed against it in four European countries as unfounded, saying its platform’s practices were disclosed to workers and required their consent.
隐私组织noyb于10月27日在法国、意大利、荷兰和奥地利提交投诉，指控Scale的Outlier平台非法监控超过90万名为AI模型生成训练数据的自由职业者，并要求监管机构对该公司处以罚款。
Privacy group noyb filed the complaints on Oct 27 in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria, alleging Scale’s Outlier platform illegally monitors more than 900,000 freelancers who produce training data for AI models, and asked regulators to fine the company.
Scale在发给路透社的电子邮件声明中表示：“报告中的指控毫无根据且不准确。”
“The report’s claims are unfounded and inaccurate,” Scale said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
Scale称，其使用标准工具来核实身份、防止欺诈、保护机密项目信息并确保准确付款。
Scale said it uses standard tools to verify identities, prevent fraud, protect confidential project information and ensure accurate payments.
该公司补充说，贡献者在接受任务前就知道其薪酬标准，而这些标准反映了技能、项目细节和地点。
Contributors know their pay rates before accepting tasks and those rates reflect skills, project details and location, it added.
一位公司发言人表示，某些项目使用单独的工具记录花费的时间和屏幕活动，贡献者可选择加入并在开始工作前手动激活。
A company spokesperson said certain projects use a separate tool that records time spent and screen activity, which contributors opt into and manually activate before starting work.
发言人称，Scale不向第三方出售工人的个人数据，也不将其用于训练客户的AI模型。
Scale does not sell workers’ personal data to third parties or use it to train customers’ AI models, the spokesperson said.