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Lawsuits allege OpenAI misused children's ChatGPT conversations and data
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Severity major: test: many third parties with a stated count of two or more; the complaint states millions of children were affected (allegation only)
OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot is the subject of a proposed class action filed in California by a mother on behalf of her two children and other minors. The complaint alleges that the company used highly sensitive data from children's conversations to train large language models and build profiles of children without valid consent. The mother says her children signed up without parental permission. OpenAI's terms require users to be at least 13 and anyone under 18 to have parental permission, but the complaint challenges whether children can legally agree to those terms. The allegations remain unproven, as the case was just filed. The Independent reached out to OpenAI for comment, though the company does not typically comment on ongoing legal matters.
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ApplicationData minimisation · Sensitive-data checks on outbound data · Human approval for high-impact actions · Output filtering and redaction · People told they are dealing with AI · Risk assessment per deployment
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- 2026-08 OpenAI introduced additional ChatGPT for Teens protections
- 2026-10-13 Proposed class action filed against OpenAI in California
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Filing date (2026-10-13) is used as the disclosure date as the public record; press coverage is dated 2026-10-15. No OpenAI response is given.
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