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AI & Big Tech Harm Case Tracker

A continuously updated, sourced record of lawsuits and regulatory actions over harm caused by AI systems, social media platforms, and Big Tech — chatbot failures, addictive design, child safety, biometric privacy, algorithmic denials, and more. Each case links to attorneys who handle that kind of matter.

If something like one of these happened to you, you don't have to navigate it alone — open a case and use it to find and contact attorneys who handle that exact kind of harm.

2 cases · Dismissed

• AI defamation

  Dismissed

  Summary judgment May 19, 2025

  Walters v. OpenAI, LLC

  OpenAI ChatGPT · United States (Georgia)

  Radio host Mark Walters sued OpenAI after ChatGPT generated a false summary of a real lawsuit stating that Walters had embezzled funds from the Second Amendment Foundation. The court granted OpenAI summary judgment, finding no defamatory meaning to a reasonable reader, no actual malice, and no proven damages. It is regarded as one of the first defamation rulings on LLM output.

• Biometric privacy & facial recognition

  Dismissed

  Filed Aug 3, 2023

  Woodruff v. City of Detroit

  DataWorks Plus facial-recognition technology (Detroit PD) · United States (Michigan)

  Porcha Woodruff, then eight months pregnant, was wrongfully arrested in February 2023 for robbery and carjacking after Detroit police facial recognition matched her to an eight-year-old mugshot; charges were dropped for insufficient evidence. She sued the city; a federal judge later dismissed the suit, finding her complaint did not adequately show the officer lacked probable cause.

This tracker is an informational summary of public legal matters compiled from the sources cited on each case page. It is not legal advice and is not a complete record of any case. Verify current status with primary sources before relying on it.