Plaintiffs in Privacy Action vs. OpenAI, Microsoft Dismiss Case Without Prejudice
Sixteen plaintiffs identified only by their initials -- “to avoid intrusive scrutiny” or any “potentially dangerous backlash”-- dismissed without prejudice a privacy class action against OpenAI, said their Friday filing (docket 3:23-cv-03199) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in…
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San Francisco. Plaintiffs sued OpenAI, Microsoft and 20 “Does” in June (see 2306290030), alleging they use AI products, “integrated into every industry,” to collect, store, track, share and disclose the private information of millions of users. The plaintiffs ranged from a 6-year-old, K.S., who used the mic feature to ask ChatGPT-3.5 questions and to generate art, to plaintiff B.B., an actor whose likeness appears across YouTube and social media sites. AI technology from OpenAI, Microsoft and others uses stolen personally identifiable information from “hundreds of millions of internet users,” including children, to train their products without individuals’ knowledge or consent, said the complaint.