OpenAI, along with other generative AI companies, has faced several lawsuits regarding the use of publicly available data to train their models. Most of these lawsuits focus on copyright issues rather than privacy rights. In response to these concerns, OpenAI announced in August that website owners can now block its web crawler, with several sites, including The New York Times, choosing to do so.
Key takeaways:
- The plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit alleging OpenAI violated privacy rights for training data have dropped their case against the company, but can choose to refile as the case was dismissed without prejudice.
- The lawsuit, filed in June this year, claimed OpenAI’s web scraper violated property and privacy rights by incorporating personal information into its products.
- OpenAI, along with other generative AI companies, has faced several lawsuits over how they use publicly available data to train their models, with most cases revolving around copyright issues.
- OpenAI has allowed website owners to block its web crawler since August, and several sites, including The New York Times, have done so.