OpenAI hit with US federal, state wiretapping claims over tracking
( October 23, 2026, 23:30 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: OpenAI has been hit with proposed US class-action litigation alleging the AI company's tracking of users violates the wiretapping laws of California and Pennsylvania, as well as the federal Wiretap Act. "Americans do not expect that an artificial intelligence company is secretly intercepting their communications with the websites they visit, linking what it captures to the identity it maintains for them, and exploiting that information for its commercial ends," plaintiffs Steven Checchia and Stacy Penning say in a complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco. "Yet that is exactly what Defendant OpenAI OpCo, LLC (“OpenAI”) does through the tracking technology detailed herein."See attached document....
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