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Millette v. OpenAI, Inc.

David Millette, individually and on behalf of a putative class of YouTube content creators, sued OpenAI entities claiming they transcribed his videos without consent to train AI models like GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and GPT-4o, violating state unfair competition laws and unjustly enriching themselves.[1][4] The case, filed August 2, 2024, in the Northern District of California (Case No. 5:24-cv-04710), originally asserted claims under California's Unfair Competition Law and Massachusetts Chapter 93, but plaintiffs later added copyright infringement and did not oppose dismissal of state law claims, leaving only the federal copyright claim.[1][3][4][5] It is part of proposed multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 3143) involving OpenAI copyright suits, with a related action in the Southern District of New

🏛️ NDCA· Case No. 5:24-cv-04710· Filed Aug 2, 2024

Summary

David Millette, individually and on behalf of a putative class of YouTube content creators, sued OpenAI entities claiming they transcribed his videos without consent to train AI models like GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and GPT-4o, violating state unfair competition laws and unjustly enriching themselves.[1][4] The case, filed August 2, 2024, in the Northern District of California (Case No. 5:24-cv-04710), originally asserted claims under California's Unfair Competition Law and Massachusetts Chapter 93, but plaintiffs later added copyright infringement and did not oppose dismissal of state law claims, leaving only the federal copyright claim.[1][3][4][5] It is part of proposed multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 3143) involving OpenAI copyright suits, with a related action in the Southern District of New

Case details

Court
NDCA
Docket number
5:24-cv-04710
Filed
Aug 2, 2024
Status
Active

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