Google’s conversational AI tool, Bard, introduced in March, is “inherently flawed” because data that's used for creating the algorithm isn't "precise," making the answers given to user prompts "inaccurate,” alleged pro se plaintiff Jeffrey Ito in a complaint Monday (docket 24PS-cv-00061) in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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Opthamology provider The Retina Group of Washington (RGW) notified patients on its website from July 7 to Nov. 4 of a data breach it experienced March 26 but didn’t disclose that current and former patients’ personally identifiable (PII) or personal health information (PHI) were compromised, a class action alleged Tuesday (dockets 8:24-cv-00079) in U.S. District Court for Maryland in Greenbelt.
The personally identifiable information (PII) of more than 1.3 million individuals was compromised due to a “critical flaw” in Citrix’s NetScaler software, alleged a class action Monday (docket 0:24-cv-60048) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale. The suit names Citrix, its customer LoanCare and LoanCare parent company Fidelity National Financial (FNF).
Conditional transfer order 23 (CTO-23) in In Re: Moveit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation (docket 3083) is vacated, said a clerk’s notice Monday before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, saying two actions versus Pension Benefit Information in the CTO were remanded to Florida state court.
Three Comcast Xfinity customers in Florida sued the company Monday under the Cable Act for not protecting their personally identifiable information (PII) in the October “Citrix Bleed” data breach, said their class action Monday (docket 1:24-cv-20064) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale.
Sukhdev Dhillon “unlawfully appropriated” the Radio Punjab mark and told radio listeners and advertisers in California and Washington he was operating “the ‘real’ Radio Punjab,” creating “confusion in the radio marketplace,” alleged a trademark infringement complaint Friday (docket 1:24-at-00017) in U.S. District Court for Eastern California in Fresno.
Negligence class actions continue apace as customers become aware of the Oct. 10 data breach at software provider Citrix that affected millions of Comcast subscribers and other Citrix customers. The breach affected more than 35 million customers, according to the Maine attorney general’s office.
A weather-tracking company copied and displayed protected video footage of a tornado hitting Elgin, Texas, in violation of copyright law, alleged a complaint Thursday (docket 6:24-cv-06014) in U.S. District Court for Western New York in Rochester.
PHE, owner of an adult products e-commerce website, www.adameve.com, provided co-defendant Google with information that revealed plaintiff Jane Doe’s private and protected sexual information and IP address, without notifying her and without her consent, in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 24ST-cv-00181) in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Cognizant Technology Solutions targeted “historically economically disadvantaged groups” in low-paying labor markets to perform the “grueling job” of social media content moderation, alleged a fraud complaint Thursday (docket 8:24-cv-00045) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.