Microsoft, OpenAI sued for ChatGPT 'privacy violations'
>For the 16 plaintiffs, the complaint indicates that they used ChatGPT, as well as other internet services like Reddit, and expected that their digital interactions would not be incorporated into an AI model.<p>I don't expect this lawsuit to lead anywhere. But if it does, I hope it leads to some clear laws regarding data privacy and how TOS is binding. The recent ruling regarding web scraping makes the case against OpenAI a lot weaker. [1] Data scraping publicly available data is legal. People didn't need consent to having their data be used, there was an implicit assumption the moment the data was published to the public, like on reddit or youtube.<p>I keep seeing this idea reoccur in the suit:<p>>Plaintiff ... is concerned that Defendants have taken her skills and expertise, as reflected in [their] online contributions, and incorporated it into Products that could someday result in [their] professional obsolescence ...<p>Anyone is able to file a suit, I wish people stopped assuming that a news report automatically means it has merit.<p>1. <a href="https://www.natlawreview.com/article/hiq-and-linkedin-reach-proposed-settlement-landmark-scraping-case" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.natlawreview.com/article/hiq-and-linkedin-reach-...</a>