LASST, a legal nonprofit, sued OpenAI on Tuesday under California law, citing AB 316 to hold it responsible for the agents that hacked Hugging Face in July. The group wants only an injunction, and its case turns on whether a developer may still argue that its agents caused the harm on their own.
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A class action in the Northern District of California treats consent design as a dated product artifact: the toggle shipped on August 12, the alleged collection started in 2024.
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ChatGPT users sue to make OpenAI get consent before contractors read their chats
Two ChatGPT users are suing OpenAI to make human review of chats opt-in, a change that would reach more than 900 million weekly users. Until a court rules, companies should assume staff chats on consumer ChatGPT, with the default setting on, can reach a staffing-firm contractor.
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Apple defends its 27% commission on outside-app checkout in its Supreme Court merits brief
The justices agreed to review the contempt finding that followed Apple's compliance plan, the plan that allowed outside payment links and charged up to 27% on purchases made through them.
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A proposed class action puts a marketing number on trial rather than a device. Any wearable that quantified inference against a sleep lab carries the same exposure.
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