Class-Action Lawsuit Says Google Stole Everyone’s Data to Train Its AI
A 6-year-old, a best-selling author, and others accuse Google of stealing “everything ever shared on the internet” after Gizmodo noted a privacy policy change.
A 6-year-old, a best-selling author, and others accuse Google of stealing “everything ever shared on the internet” after Gizmodo noted a privacy policy change.
The proposed class action claims that Google has, in effect, misappropriated the data of hundreds of millions of Americans for use in its A.I. development programs.
A new lawsuit claims that Google has been “secretly stealing everything ever created and shared on the internet by hundreds of millions of Americans” to train its generative AI products like its chatbot Bard.
The company is said to have used personal and proprietary information. The plaintiffs are demanding $5 billion in damages.
Google is being sued for utilizing copyrighted material and personal information as training fodder for its AI endeavors, including the company’s ChatGPT rival Bard.
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The complaint highlights a recent update to Google’s privacy policy, which explicitly states that the company may employ publicly accessible information to train its AI models and tools, such as Bard
Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab was accused in a proposed class action lawsuit on Tuesday of misusing vast amounts of personal information and copyrighted material to train its artificial intelligence systems.
Google is “secretly stealing everything ever created and shared on the internet by hundreds of millions of Americans” to build its Bard artificial intelligence product, pursuing profit while “putting the world