Fifteen Lawsuits against OpenAI

tl;dr Cases I found against OpenAI. All are US-based. First ten focus on copyright.

Coders
1. Joseph Saveri Firm: overview, complaint

Writers
2. Joseph Saveri Firm: overview, complaint
3. Authors Guild & Alter: overview, complaint
4. Nicholas Gage: overview & complaint

YouTubers
5. Millette: overview, complaint

Media
6. New York Times: overview, complaint
7. Intercept Media: overview, complaint
8. Raw Story & Alternet: overview, complaint
9. Denver Post & seven others: overview, complaint
10. Center for Investigative Reporting: overview, complaint

Privacy
11. Clarkson Firm: overview, complaint
12. Glancy Firm: overview, complaint

Libel
13. Mark Walters: overview, complaint

Mission betrayal
14. Elon Musk: overview, complaint
15. Tony Trupia: overview, complaint


That last lawsuit by a friend of mine has stalled. A few cases were partially dismissed.
Also, a cybersecurity expert filed a complaint to Polish DPA (technically not a lawsuit).
For lawsuits filed against other AI companies, see this running list.

Most legal actions right now focus on data rights. In the future, I expect many more legal actions focussed on workers’ rights, product liability, and environmental regulations.


If you are interested to fund legal actions outside the US:

  • Three projects I’m collaborating on with creatives, coders, and lawyers.

  • Legal Priorities was almost funded last year to research promising legal directions.

  • European Guild for AI Regulation is making headway but is seriously underfunded.

  • A UK firm wants to sue for workplace malpractice during ChatGPT development.

Folks to follow for legal insights:

  • Luiza Jarovsky, an academic who posts AI court cases and privacy compliance tips

  • Margot Kaminski, an academic who posts about harm-based legal approaches

  • Aaron Moss, a copyright attorney who posts sharp analysis of which suits suck

  • Andres Guadamuz, an academic who posts analysis with a techno-positive bent

  • Neil Turkewitz, a recording industry veteran who posts on law in support of artists

  • Alex Champandard, a ML researcher who revealed CSAM in largest image dataset

  • Trevor Baylis, a creative professional experienced in suing and winning

Manifold also has prediction markets:


Have you been looking into legal actions? Curious then for your thoughts.

Crossposted from LessWrong (27 points, 4 comments)