ChatGPT owner hit by class action lawsuit over alleged stolen data

The legal claims accuse OpenAI of hoovering up personal and copyrighted information by indiscriminately scraping the web, including names, contact details, emails, payment data and social media profiles without consent.

The accusers claim OpenAI used this information to train its AI chatbot. They also allege the company allowed children to access its service and collected their information in violation of US law by failing to offer proper parental consent tools.

The class action claim has demanded $3bn from the tech companies, based on the hundreds of dollars…