ChatGPT maker OpenAI sued for allegedly using “stolen private information”

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT, went from a non-profit research lab to a company that is unlawfully stealing millions of users’ private information to train its tools, according to a new lawsuit that calls on the organization to compensate those users.

OpenAI developed its AI products, including chatbot ChatGPT, image generator Dall-E and others using “stolen private information, including personally identifiable information” from hundreds of millions of internet users, the 157-page lawsuit, filed in the Northern district of California Wednesday, alleges. 

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