Lawyers square off in fight over voice data used to train AI
Ross Kimbarovsky of Loevy & Loevy is representing the plaintiffs - a group of journalists, podcasters and audiobook narrators - in the proposed class action lawsuits. He said each of the defendants faces hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages.
Nine major tech companies, including Apple, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Nvidia and Samsung, are facing legal action in Chicago federal court over allegations of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The lawsuit, brought by a group of journalists, podcasters and audiobook narrators, claims that the defendants used thousands of hours of recorded human voices without permission to train their AI systems.
Ross Kimbarovsky of Loevy & Loevy, representing the plaintiffs, said the tech giants have allegedly collected as much information as possible from every source imaginable. Illinois' BIPA, which was recently tightened in 2024, requires companies to obtain consent and develop policies for destroying biometric data, or face penalties of up to $5,000 per violation.
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