Users of AI chatbots, photo tools and voice assistants, job applicants screened by AI, and drivers recorded by license-plate cameras are the subject of dozens of artificial-intelligence class actions filed or decided in 2026, including suits filed in October against Grok and Meta. Most are unproven complaints with nothing to claim; two AI-adjacent settlements are taking claims.
Pending Cases Are Allegations Only
This tracker summarizes class action complaints, court rulings and settlements involving artificial intelligence. The claims in the pending lawsuits are unproven allegations, and the companies named deny them. Unless a settlement is listed as taking claims, there is nothing to file. This page is informational and is not legal advice.
What Is This About?
Artificial intelligence has become one of the busiest areas of class action litigation. Most of the 2026 suits use older laws in new ways: wiretapping statutes against AI that listens to calls, Illinois’ biometric privacy law against AI that analyzes faces, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and civil-rights laws against AI hiring screens, copyright law against AI training, and antitrust law against pricing algorithms.This tracker groups every AI case OCA covers by issue, gives each a one-line status, and links to the page with the full details. It is updated as cases are filed, dismissed, certified or settled.
Free settlement alerts
Get notified when new class actions open to claims
Join thousands of readers who get the latest class action settlements you may qualify for — delivered straight to your inbox.
AI-Related Settlements Taking Claims
Two settlements tied to automated tools are open. The $4.7 million Neutrogena Skin360 settlement covers people who used the face-scanning skin assessment while in Illinois between December 9, 2019 and May 5, 2023; claims close November 25, 2026. The $359.9 million RealPage settlement resolves claims that landlords used shared rent-pricing software to set rents; claims close January 29, 2027 and require proof of rent paid at an eligible property.Earlier AI settlements are past the claim stage. Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book-training settlement won final approval on July 20, 2026 and is allocating awards; the $12.5 million Scale AI contributor settlement pays automatically; and claims in the HireVue video-interview biometric settlement closed October 13, 2026.
Chatbots and AI Assistants
| Case | What is alleged | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT minors’ dataN.D. Cal. · filed October 13, 2026 | OpenAI trained models on data from users under 18 without parental consent | Complaint filed |
| ChatGPT “Project Lily” reviewN.D. Cal. · filed September 16, 2026 | Contractors read and graded real user conversations without disclosure | Complaint filed |
| Claude usage limitsN.D. Cal. · consolidated September 14, 2026 | Anthropic kept full subscription fees while usage limits and defects cut paid use | Consolidated complaint filed |
| AI “slowdown” antitrustN.D. Cal. · filed September 18, 2026 | Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google agreed to slow model improvements | Complaint filed |
| Gemini in GmailN.D. Cal. | Google turned on Gemini “smart features” by default in Gmail, Chat and Meet | Refiled; second motion to dismiss pending |
| Grok sexual images of childrenN.D. Cal. · filed August 18, 2026 | Ordinary photos of children were run through Grok to create sexual images | Complaint filed |
| Character.AI bankruptcyBankr. D. Del. · filed October 12, 2026 | Chapter 11 filing pauses pending suits against the chatbot company | Sale process underway |
| ChatGPT wrongful-death suitsIndividual cases, not a class action | ChatGPT contributed to suicides and self-harm | Discovery underway |
Separately, eight state attorneys general sued OpenAI on October 14, 2026 over ChatGPT’s safety for teens; those are government cases with nothing for consumers to claim, covered in OCA’s report on the state suits.
Face Scans and Biometric Privacy
| Case | What is alleged | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Grok face scansN.D. Ill. · filed October 7 and 12, 2026 | Grok captured face geometry when Illinois users uploaded selfies to analyze or edit | Complaints filed; consolidation sought |
| Meta “NameTag” face recognitionN.D. Ill. · filed September 4, 2026 | Meta built faceprints from Facebook and Instagram photos for glasses face recognition and AI image models | Complaint filed |
| Coco and Serve delivery robotsCook County · filed October 9, 2026 | Robots captured Chicago customers’ face and hand geometry | Complaints filed |
| Ring Familiar Faces and Nest Familiar FacesDoorbell and home cameras | Camera features scan passersby who never consented | Complaints filed; Nest cases consolidated |
| MAC virtual try-onIllinois | A makeup try-on tool scanned shoppers’ facial geometry | Motion to dismiss denied June 2026 |
| Meta voiceprintsIllinois | Facebook and Messenger voice features captured voiceprints | Motion to dismiss largely denied |
AI That Listens to Calls, Meetings and Rooms
| Case | What is alleged | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Google Contact Center AIN.D. Cal. · ruling October 22, 2026 | Google’s AI listened to customer-service calls for other companies | Dismissed with leave to amend; some claims sent to arbitration |
| Pega Voice AI at U.S. BankD. Mass. · filed October 2, 2026 | AI transcribed and analyzed bank customer-service calls without consent | Complaint filed |
| Meta AI glasses recordingN.D. Cal. · filed October 19, 2026 | Glasses recorded conversations without the “Hey Meta” wake phrase | Complaint filed |
| Otter.ai meeting notesN.D. Cal. | A notetaker bot recorded meeting participants without consent | Motion to dismiss under submission |
| Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta glassesProposed class action | Glasses footage went to human reviewers to train AI without disclosure | Complaint filed |
License-Plate Readers and AI Surveillance
| Case | What is alleged | Status |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego, Wisconsin and Oklahoma plate-reader challengesFiled or decided September–October 2026 | Police searches of stored plate data violate state and federal privacy protections | Suits pending; one federal trial-court suppression ruling |
| Flock Safety in ColoradoD. Colo. · filed October 5, 2026 | Flock records and lets police search drivers’ movements without a warrant | Complaint filed |
| Flock data sharing in CaliforniaN.D. Cal. | Federal and out-of-state agencies searched California drivers’ plate data | Removed and consolidated |
| Lowe’s parking-lot camerasCalifornia | Store cameras captured and shared shoppers’ plates | Complaint filed |
| Motive AI dashcamsN.D. Cal. | Fleet dashcams ran a plate-reader system without a required privacy policy | Motion to dismiss; hearing December 10, 2026 |
AI surveillance is also drawing scrutiny outside the courtroom. A New York Times investigation published October 22, 2026 reported that AI-enabled surveillance towers along the U.S.–Mexico border can see into homes and schoolyards on the U.S. side. OCA found no lawsuit over the towers as of October 24.
AI Training Data, Copyright and Likeness
| Case | What is alleged | Status |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI copyright casesS.D.N.Y. · MDL 3143 | OpenAI and Microsoft trained ChatGPT on news and books without permission | Summary judgment motions on fair use pending |
| Publishers and authors v. GoogleS.D.N.Y. · filed July 2026 | Google copied books and journals to train Gemini | Complaint filed |
| CCC repair-estimate dataC.D. Cal. · filed October 8, 2026 | Drivers’ data from collision estimates was used to build AI products | Complaint filed |
| Suno AI musicD. Mass. · filed August 31, 2026 | Suno sells access to musicians’ identities by name | Complaint filed |
| Twitch streamsN.D. Cal. · filed August 20, 2026 | Streams and chat logs were used to train Amazon’s AI | Complaint filed |
AI in Hiring
The most advanced AI hiring case is Mobley v. Workday, which alleges Workday’s AI screening tools discriminate against applicants by race, sex, age and disability. The plaintiffs moved for class certification on September 14, 2026, and the court has set a hearing for March 9, 2027. Workday denies the claims. A separate suit alleges Eightfold AI’s candidate scores are consumer reports covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act; Eightfold’s motion to dismiss is pending.Algorithmic Pricing and Targeting
Antitrust suits allege that pricing software lets competitors coordinate. Two complaints say McDonald’s used a machine-learning engine to align menu prices, and California drivers allege gas stations used the Kalibrate pricing tool to raise prices. Other suits challenge personalized pricing and targeting: JetBlue’s fares and DraftKings’ promotions, which a suit says were aimed at gamblers a model predicted would lose more. All are at the complaint stage.Outside OCA’s individual pages, the long-running suit alleging UnitedHealth used the naviHealth “nH Predict” algorithm to cut off Medicare Advantage rehabilitation coverage, Estate of Lokken v. UnitedHealth Group, is in discovery in federal court in Minnesota under a September 2026 schedule that runs into 2028.
Questions
Is there an AI class action settlement taking claims?
Two AI-adjacent settlements were taking claims as of October 24, 2026: the $4.7 million Neutrogena Skin360 biometric privacy settlement for people who used the face-scanning skin assessment in Illinois, with claims due November 25, 2026, and the $359.9 million RealPage rent-pricing software settlement for renters at settling landlords, with claims due January 29, 2027. The pending AI lawsuits in this tracker have no settlement or claim form.
What kinds of AI class actions are being filed in 2026?
The largest groups are privacy suits over chatbots and AI assistants, biometric privacy suits under Illinois law over AI tools that scan faces or voices, wiretapping suits over AI that listens to customer-service calls or meetings, suits over license-plate readers and other AI surveillance cameras, copyright and right-of-publicity suits over AI training data, discrimination and credit-reporting suits over AI hiring tools, and antitrust suits over algorithmic pricing. All of the pending cases are unproven allegations.
Why are so many AI face-scan lawsuits filed in Illinois?
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act requires companies to give notice, get written consent and publish a retention policy before collecting face geometry, voiceprints or other biometric identifiers, and it lets individuals sue for $1,000 per negligent violation or $5,000 per intentional or reckless violation. That private right to sue is why suits over AI photo editing, face recognition and skin-analysis apps are often brought on behalf of Illinois residents.
Have any lawsuits been filed over AI surveillance towers at the U.S.–Mexico border?
OCA found no lawsuit over the border towers as of October 24, 2026. A New York Times investigation published October 22, 2026 reported that AI-enabled surveillance towers along the border can see into homes and schoolyards on the U.S. side. The license-plate-reader challenges filed this fall in San Diego and Wisconsin concern city and police camera networks, not the border towers.
Sources
• Each linked OCA page lists the dockets, complaints and orders for its case• The New York Times, AI surveillance cameras at the U.S.–Mexico border (October 22, 2026)
• Courthouse News Service, AI-denial lawsuit against UnitedHealth will proceed; Estate of Lokken v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., No. 0:23-cv-03514 (D. Minn.), scheduling order (September 18, 2026)
