Lawsuits and legal cases at AI training platforms
Lawsuits and complaints are allegations unless a court has ruled. We report their status with dates and sources and update it when it changes.
Every lawsuit, class action, settlement or data breach in our sourced facts about AI training platforms, as reported, with its date and source. The wording is the fact as recorded; follow the source for the full story.
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Settlement
$12.5M McKinney v. Scale AI (CGC-24-620481); CA contributors 2020-12-10 to 2026-02-28; final approval hearing 2026-10-30
Source: Scale AI $12.5M wage-and-hour class action settlement (McKinney v. Scale AI, CGC-24-620481) (ClaimDepot); Breaking Even — The July Lookback (Reddit post counts & tags per platform) (Breaking Even) · Outlier: details and sources
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Lawsuit
Proposed class action filed 2026-07-20 alleging misclassification (pending; allegations not proven)
Source: Handshake AI review (aitrainer.work) · Handshake AI Fellowship: details and sources
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Data breach & lawsuits
Reported breach via a supply-chain attack on the LiteLLM library; 6 proposed class actions filed (pending); Meta reportedly paused work with Mercor
Source: AI staffing firm Mercor faces lawsuits over data breach (Staffing Industry Analysts) · Mercor: details and sources
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