Dear Sean,
We sincerely apologize to you and to Mr. Azdoufal for not responding over the past month. This was our failure: After receiving the relevant information, we failed to sync with the technical team in a timely manner, and the subsequent troubleshooting also took some time. We have now set up a dedicated security inbox, [email protected], which is staffed and monitored.
We thank you and Mr. Azdoufal for bringing these issues to our attention. We have confirmed the core issues identified in your reporting and are addressing each of them.
As of today, we have:
Closed all external access to our backend systems and rotated all access credentials;
Disabled the interface that allowed a robot’s responses to be modified remotely;
Taken the long-term memory feature offline. We no longer store conversation records or the user profiles generated from them;
Taken the custom avatar feature offline. The app now offers built-in avatars only.
We will delete stored conversation records, user profiles, avatar images, and related content.
We are engaging an independent security firm to conduct a full review of our systems. The long-term memory and custom avatar features will not return until that review confirms they are secure. We will share an update on our progress once the review is completed.
We started Energize Lab because we wanted to build small robots that bring a little joy into people’s lives. That idea only works if people can trust what is inside them, and we let them down. We know that words alone will not earn that trust back. We intend to earn it through what we do in the coming weeks, and we will keep you informed as we go.
Sincerely,
Energize Lab Team