Artificial Intelligence Industry Faces Independent Contractor Misclassification Claim: December 2024 IC Legal News Update

As the business of artificial intelligence is expanding, it seemed it was only a matter of time before the AI industry became the subject of an independent contractor misclassification lawsuit. Last month, one of the leading generative AI modeling companies was sued in a proposed class action in California by a worker who claims that he and similarly situated AI workers were misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees. As described below, the AI worker’s lawsuit alleges that...
By: Troutman Pepper Locke

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