The judge dismissed the class action lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft

ChainCatcher News: A judge in California has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, which accused the two companies of illegally using personal data to train artificial intelligence systems, including ChatGPT, on the grounds that the plaintiffs failed to provide a concise and clear statement.

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria stated in his ruling that while the length of a complaint alone is unlikely to lead to a dismissal, it is appropriate to dismiss a complaint under Rule 8(a) when it is excessively lengthy and contains a significant amount of irrelevant, distracting, or redundant information. He added that, in addition to being lengthy, the complaint included numerous unnecessary and distracting allegations, making it nearly impossible to determine whether the plaintiffs' legal claims were sufficient.

However, the judge noted that the plaintiffs have the right to amend their complaint, but he hopes that if the amended complaint contains irrelevant information that interferes with a clear presentation of the relevant legal claims, the amended complaint will be dismissed.