Lawsuit alleges OpenAI stole childrens user data
The complaint asks the court to give class members OpenAI equity.
A mother of two from Hawaii has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company stole valuable data from her children's accounts without their parents' consent. The lawsuit, a proposed class action, claims that children as young as 12 and 16 were able to create ChatGPT accounts without parental permission. OpenAI's terms of service state that users younger than 13 should not use the platform, but many minors still do.
The complaint alleges that ChatGPT extracted sensitive personal information from the children, including emotional insecurities, relationship concerns, and selfies. OpenAI argues that it has built age-specific protections into the product and that this lawsuit unfairly singles out the company. The lawsuit seeks to award each class member a share of OpenAI's equity, with the exact amount determined by the data extracted from each child.
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