Recent Trends In Generative Artificial Intelligence Litigation In The United States

Although still in their infancy, a growing number of recently-filed lawsuits associated with generative artificial intelligence (AI) training practices, products, and services have provided a meaningful first look into how US courts may address the privacy, consumer safety, and intellectual property protection concerns that have been raised by this new, and inherently evolving, technology. The legal theories that have served as the basis of recent claims have varied widely, are often overlapping, and have included invasion of privacy and property rights; patent, trademark, and copyright infringement; libel and defamation; and violations of state consumer protection laws, among others.