LinkedIn accused of training AI on private messages

LinkedIn is facing a lawsuit alleging it used Premium customers' private InMail messages to train AI models, violating its privacy commitments. The lawsuit claims LinkedIn shared this sensitive data with third parties, despite promising not to disclose confidential information in its Subscription Agreement.

LinkedIn's policy changes allow the use of member data for AI training, with an opt-out setting for US users, but the lawsuit questions if private messages were included. While LinkedIn denies the allegations, the legal filing suggests the company has not explicitly denied using InMail content for AI training.

The lawsuit cites breach of contract and unfair competition, but lacks concrete evidence of InMail data being shared.