A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. It alleges that in August last year,

LinkedIn has been accused in the US of sharing users’ private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence models.

LinkedIn, which Microsoft owns, is being sued by Premium customers who claim that the platform has been using their personal information, such as private messages, to train its AI models without permission.

LinkedIn Corp. shared millions of Premium customers’ personal messages with third parties without consent to train artificial intelligence models, a proposed class action said.

Speaking to BBC News, a LinkedIn spokesperson said, "These are false claims with no merit". LinkedIn has not permitted user data sharing for AI purposes in the UK, the European Economic Area and Switzerland,

A lawsuit alleges LinkedIn secretly shared private messages of Premium users to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, BBC News reports. The lawsuit claims LinkedIn introduced a privacy setting in August 2023,

LinkedIn is facing a lawsuit in the US which accuses the platform of sharing users’ private messages with third parties to train AI models. The legal action alleges that the professional networking platform “quietly” introduced a privacy setting in August which automatically opted users into a programme which gave other companies access to their data to train AI.