A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California yesterday, alleging that Perplexity AI shared users’ personal information with Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) and Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, in violation of California privacy laws.
The lawsuit — Doe v. Perplexity AI Inc., 3:26-cv-02803, US District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco) — filed by a Utah man identified as John Doe stated that he shared personal information about his taxes, investments and family finances with the AI chatbot, believing those conversations were private, Bloomberg first reported.
Doe claimed the AI company integrated “undetectable” tracking software into its search engine code, which automatically sends users’ conversations to Meta, Google and other third parties.
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