{
  "id": 14452714,
  "title": "OpenAI Sued for Allegedly Building Models Out of Children’s “Fears, Hopes, and Secrets”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/openai-sued-for-allegedly-building-models-out-of-childrens-fears",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T13:04:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-sued-children-fears-hopes-secrets"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new class action lawsuit has been filed in San Francisco federal court, accusing the artificial intelligence company OpenAI of using children's personal information without proper parental consent to train its language models. The lawsuit, brought forth by two minors aged 12 and 16, alleges that OpenAI collected sensitive data from minors, including emotional struggles and personal secrets, to unjustly enrich itself. OpenAI's terms of use technically prohibit users under the age of 13, but the complaint argues that the company's age-gating measures are ineffective and that minors should not be expected to understand complex legal terms in the company's terms of use. The plaintiffs' counsel argues that OpenAI manipulated children into sharing their most private thoughts and images with ChatGPT, referring to them as \"brave\" and \"glad\" they shared their struggles. The lawsuit seeks financial compensation for the minors whose data was collected.",
  "summary": "\"OpenAI manipulates children into sharing their most private thoughts and images with ChatGPT.\" The post OpenAI Sued for Allegedly Building Models Out of Children’s “Fears, Hopes, and Secrets” appeared first on Futurism .",
  "key_points": [
    "OpenAI sued for allegedly using children's personal information without consent.",
    "Two minors allege collection of sensitive data, including emotional struggles.",
    "Lawsuit seeks compensation for minors whose data was collected."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}