OpenAI accused of gathering sensitive data from millions of children
- OpenAI is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit in California accusing it of unlawfully collecting sensitive data from millions of children to train its AI models.
- The legal action, brought by a mother of two, alleges the company extracted private ChatGPT conversations without parental consent to build detailed profiles and profit.
- Although OpenAI bans under-13s and requires parental consent for teenagers, the complaint notes that signing up only requires an email address and phone number.
- Separately, eight US states have filed lawsuits claiming ChatGPT encourages dangerous behaviour and self-harm among teenagers.
- State attorney generals accuse OpenAI of designing the chatbot to be excessively agreeable to gain trust, a sycophancy issue the company previously acknowledged.
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