Pronto, a home services startup, is facing criticism for using body-camera footage from workers inside customers’ homes to train AI and robotics systems. The company says customers can opt in for discounts, but critics argue the real business is collecting valuable in-home data for humanoid robots.

Want a clean home? You can get it for free ... if you let cleaners be recorded while working. The data? It will be used to train humanoid robots ...

The concerns gained urgency after controversy around startup Pronto’s in-home recording pilot sparked wider questions over how “physical AI” systems may learn from people’s…