Federal Agents Leverage ChatGPT User Data in Landmark Child Exploitation Case
Federal investigators have executed the first known warrant compelling OpenAI to disclose ChatGPT user data in a child exploitation case. The landmark legal action reveals how generative AI platforms are becoming new targets for law enforcement evidence collection.
First Federal Warrant Targets ChatGPT User Data
In a landmark case that establishes new precedent for artificial intelligence platforms, federal agents obtained what appears to be the first known warrant compelling OpenAI to disclose user data from its ChatGPT service, according to documents reviewed by Forbes. The warrant, unsealed last week in Maine, reveals Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) sought extensive information about a user suspected of administering darkweb child exploitation sites.