A week after Google updated its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI training purposes, the company faces a class-action lawsuit.
Google is now facing a lawsuit following its recent privacy policy update that accuses the tech giant of misusing large amounts of data, including copyrighted material, in artificial intelligence (AI) training.
The class-action lawsuit was filed on July 11 by eight individuals who claim to represent “millions of class members” — internet users and copyright holders — who have had their privacy and property rights violated in light of Google’s recent updates to its privacy policy.
In its opening statement, the plaintiffs accuse Google of “harvesting data in secret” to build its AI products without consent.