Google Rejects Class Action Lawsuit Against Using Data To Train Artificial Intelligence

Google, trying to reject a class action lawsuit (photo: twitter @karumjnr)

The technology scene, Google, is trying to reject the class action lawsuit filed, which claims the company violated the privacy and rights of millions of internet users, by taking data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) model.

Google filed the motion on October 17 in California District Court, stating that it is necessary to use public data to train its AI chatbot, such as Bard. Google argues that the claim is based on false premises that the company is "stealing" information publicly shared on the internet.

"Using the information available to the public to learn is not theft. Likewise, this is not a violation of privacy, change, negligence, unfair competition, or copyright infringement," Google said.

Google stated that such a lawsuit would "rustrate not only Google services but also basic ideas about generative AI."

The lawsuit opened against Google in July by eight individuals claiming to represent "millions of class members," such as internet users and copyright holders.

They claim that their privacy and property rights were violated in changes to Google's privacy policy a week before a lawsuit was filed that allowed data collection for AI training purposes.

Google argues that the lawsuit relates to "unrelevant actions by third parties and bad predictions about AI."

The company stated that the lawsuit failed to address core issues, especially how the plaintiffs had been harmed by the use of their information.

This case is one of many cases filed against tech giants developing and training the AI system. On September 20, Meta rejected copyright infringement claims during its AI training.