LinkedIn hit with lawsuit alleging private messages were used to train AI models
LinkedIn is facing a class-action lawsuit over allegations of using private messages to train its AI model. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, has accused the Microsoft-owned professional networking site of "unlawfully disclosing its Premium customers’ private messages to third parties" and "concealing" its practices by "stealthily altering its privacy policies and statements.
Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models
Microsoft's LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models.
LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI
A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. It alleges that in August last year,
LinkedIn facing lawsuit over accusations private messages used to train AI
LinkedIn has been accused of sharing private messages and user data with third parties for AI training in a US lawsuit. The Microsoft -owned job site has increasingly looked to position itself as a standard social media platform and has introduced a number of AI tools and features for LinkedIn Premium users.
LinkedIn may snoop on your private messages to train AI
Sharing isn’t always caring, which might seem to be the case in a lawsuit in which LinkedIn was accused of sharing users’ private messages with other companies to train AI models in August of last year, according to the BBC. A LinkedIn Premium user files the lawsuit in California and on behalf of “all others” in the same situation.
Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued Over Using DMs to Train AI
The class-action lawsuit alleges LinkedIn buried important disclosures and then tried to cover its tracks after violating users' privacy rights.
Microsoft’s LinkedIn Sued for Training AI Models With User Data
The suit alleges LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data.
Linkedin sued for training AI on users’ private messages
A lawsuit in California accuses Linkedin of using private messages on its platform to train AI models, according to the BBC. The lawsuit alleges that in August 2024, the Microsoft-owned social network allegedly introduced a new privacy setting that automatically enrolled users in a program that allowed their personal data to be used for AI training.
LinkedIn sued for allegedly sharing user DMs for AI training
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