SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — Microsoft and others are facing a class action lawsuit alleging illegal use of users' private information for their AI products.
A.T., J.H., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a complaint Sept. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Openai LP, Microsoft Corporation and others, alleging violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and other claims.
The plaintiffs, who are ChatGPT users, allege in their class action that the defendants are unlawfully developing, marketing and operating their AI products including ChatGPT 3.5 and ChatGPT 4.0, Dall-E and VAll-E, because they use stolen private information from hundreds of millions of internet users, including children, without their informed consent or knowledge.
The plaintiffs allege the defendants "rushed the products to market" without implementing proper safeguards or controls and that the AI products have "demonstrated their ability to harm humans in real ways." They further allege the defendants collect, store, track, share and disclose account information that users entered when signing up that includes payment information, login credentials, social media information, preferences through Spotify and chat log data.
The plaintiffs claim the defendants have enough information to "create our digital clones" including voice and likeness to manipulate the use of technology by users.
The plaintiffs seek monetary relief, interest, trial by jury and all other just relief. They are represented by Michael Ram, John Yanchunis and Ryan McGee of Morgan & Morgan Complex Litigation Group in San Francisco.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California case number 3:23-CV-04557-JCS